Mother’s knowledge on child health care in 3 districts of Can Tho province
- Author:
Tran Thi Trung Chien
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health care
- MeSH:
Delivery of Health Care;
Child, Mothers
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2005;15(6):21-25
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was carried out at 30 communes in 3 districts of Can Tho province to assess basic knowledge on ARI, CDD and EPI among 534 enrolled mothers with children under 5 years old and/or being pregnant. The results showed that knowledge on child health care of these mothers was quite low. Only 5.9% of them could name all 6 common diseases of the EPI program. Signs of severe ARI such as tachypnea, rib-cage constriction, and stridor were recognized by a small proportion of mothers: 1.7%, 0.2% and 10.7%, respectively. Similarly, the low rates were in detecting the critical signs of diarrhea such as thirst, more frequent bowel movements, and bloody stool: 44.2%, 2.8%, and 5.6%, respectively. The authors also indicated that knowledge on child health care of mothers with lower education or living in poor households was lower than those with higher education or living in wealthier households.
