This study examines the effect of maternal personal and domestic hygiene on the incidence of diarrhoea in children aged 6-23 months from rural areas around Teknaf, Bangladesh.
| Title | Mothers' personal and domestic hygiene and diarrhoea incidence in young children in rural Bangladesh |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1989 |
| Authors | Rahaman, MM, Alam, N, Wojtyniak, B, Henry, FJ |
| Pagination | p. 242-247: tab. |
| Date Published | 1989-01-01 |
| Keywords | bangladesh, bangladesh teknaf, child health, diarrhoeal diseases, ghb, health education, household hygiene, personal hygiene, safe water supply, tp29, women |
| Abstract | This study examines the effect of maternal personal and domestic hygiene on the incidence of diarrhoea in children aged 6-23 months from rural areas around Teknaf, Bangladesh. The intervention area received augmented water supply through hand pumps and health education while the control area received no project inputs. From July 1980 to June 1983, diarrhoea incidence was recorded weekly while mothers' hygiene was observed yearly. Annual incidence of diarrhoea in 314 children from the intervention area and 309 children from the control area was analysed in relation to maternal hygiene, controlling of education and the occupation of household head and household size. Results show that, in both areas, use of hand pump water for drinking and washing, removal of child's faeces from the yard, and maternal handwashing before handling food and after defaecation of self and child, observed together, decreased yearly diarrhoea incidence in children by more than 40% compared to children living in households where non or only one of these practices was observed |
| Notes | Includes references |
| Custom 1 | 245.11 |
