Cargando…

Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level

BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries are particularly burdened with this both preventable and treatable condition. Targeted interventions include the provision of safe water, the use of sanitation facilities and hygiene educ...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Diouf, Katharina, Tabatabai, Patrik, Rudolph, Jochen, Marx, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25150028
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24895
_version_ 1782331716369645568
author Diouf, Katharina
Tabatabai, Patrik
Rudolph, Jochen
Marx, Michael
author_facet Diouf, Katharina
Tabatabai, Patrik
Rudolph, Jochen
Marx, Michael
author_sort Diouf, Katharina
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries are particularly burdened with this both preventable and treatable condition. Targeted interventions include the provision of safe water, the use of sanitation facilities and hygiene education, but are implemented with varying local success. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with diarrhoea in children under five years of age in rural Burundi. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 551 rural households in northwestern Burundi. Areas of inquiry included 1) socio-demographic information, 2) diarrhoea period prevalence and treatment, 3) behaviour and knowledge, 4) socio-economic indicators, 5) access to water and water chain as well as 6) sanitation and personal/children's hygiene. RESULTS: A total of 903 children were enrolled. The overall diarrhoea prevalence was 32.6%. Forty-six per cent (n=255) of households collected drinking water from improved water sources and only 3% (n=17) had access to improved sanitation. We found a lower prevalence of diarrhoea in children whose primary caretakers received hygiene education (17.9%), boiled water prior to its utilisation (19.4%) and were aged 40 or older (17.9%). Diarrhoea was associated with factors such as the mother's age being less than 25 and the conviction that diarrhoea could not be prevented. No gender differences were detected regarding diarrhoea prevalence or the caretaker's decision to treat. CONCLUSIONS: Diarrhoea prevalence can be reduced through hygiene education and point-of use household water treatment such as boiling. In order to maximise the impact on children's health in the given rural setting, future interventions must assure systematic and regular hygiene education at the household and community level.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4141944
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2014
publisher Co-Action Publishing
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-41419442014-09-09 Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level Diouf, Katharina Tabatabai, Patrik Rudolph, Jochen Marx, Michael Glob Health Action Original Article BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Low- and middle-income countries are particularly burdened with this both preventable and treatable condition. Targeted interventions include the provision of safe water, the use of sanitation facilities and hygiene education, but are implemented with varying local success. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with diarrhoea in children under five years of age in rural Burundi. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 551 rural households in northwestern Burundi. Areas of inquiry included 1) socio-demographic information, 2) diarrhoea period prevalence and treatment, 3) behaviour and knowledge, 4) socio-economic indicators, 5) access to water and water chain as well as 6) sanitation and personal/children's hygiene. RESULTS: A total of 903 children were enrolled. The overall diarrhoea prevalence was 32.6%. Forty-six per cent (n=255) of households collected drinking water from improved water sources and only 3% (n=17) had access to improved sanitation. We found a lower prevalence of diarrhoea in children whose primary caretakers received hygiene education (17.9%), boiled water prior to its utilisation (19.4%) and were aged 40 or older (17.9%). Diarrhoea was associated with factors such as the mother's age being less than 25 and the conviction that diarrhoea could not be prevented. No gender differences were detected regarding diarrhoea prevalence or the caretaker's decision to treat. CONCLUSIONS: Diarrhoea prevalence can be reduced through hygiene education and point-of use household water treatment such as boiling. In order to maximise the impact on children's health in the given rural setting, future interventions must assure systematic and regular hygiene education at the household and community level. Co-Action Publishing 2014-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4141944/ /pubmed/25150028 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24895 Text en © 2014 Katharina Diouf et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Diouf, Katharina
Tabatabai, Patrik
Rudolph, Jochen
Marx, Michael
Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title_full Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title_fullStr Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title_full_unstemmed Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title_short Diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural Burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
title_sort diarrhoea prevalence in children under five years of age in rural burundi: an assessment of social and behavioural factors at the household level
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25150028
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24895
work_keys_str_mv AT dioufkatharina diarrhoeaprevalenceinchildrenunderfiveyearsofageinruralburundianassessmentofsocialandbehaviouralfactorsatthehouseholdlevel
AT tabatabaipatrik diarrhoeaprevalenceinchildrenunderfiveyearsofageinruralburundianassessmentofsocialandbehaviouralfactorsatthehouseholdlevel
AT rudolphjochen diarrhoeaprevalenceinchildrenunderfiveyearsofageinruralburundianassessmentofsocialandbehaviouralfactorsatthehouseholdlevel
AT marxmichael diarrhoeaprevalenceinchildrenunderfiveyearsofageinruralburundianassessmentofsocialandbehaviouralfactorsatthehouseholdlevel