Zafar Iqbal Bhatti, Khurram Nawaz, Khurram Shah Nawaz, Khawar Abbas Chaudhary, Asif Aleem, Mujtaba Hassan.
Knowledge and Practices of Mothers regarding Prevention and Management of Diarrhea in Under-Five Year Children.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):282-6.

Background: There has been expanded advance in decreasing the under-five mortality rate. Diarrhea is the main reason of death in children under the 5 years of age in whole world after the pneumonia. Child mortality is a core indicator of child health and well-being and therefore an overall measure of a country’s health and economic pulse Aim : To assess the knowledge and practices of mothers regarding prevention and management of diarrhea in under-five year age group children in rural community. Methodology: A cross-section survey of 70 mothers was done in a rural community of Pakistan. Convenient sampling technique used in this research study. Results: The mean difference of the pre intervention result is 29.61 and 18.10 and post intervention results is 42.27 and 24.74,while the post intervention results mean is .509 and .374, while the std. deviation of pre intervention result is 4.263 and std. deviation of post intervention result is 2.899. Conclusion: In the current study it is concluded that knowledge is improved in mothers regarding prevention and management of diarrhea in under five year children by educational session.

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