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Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community
For ORT to have a maximum impact on public health it should be used in the community, in the home. A number of programs have been developed over the years to extend ORT to home use. One of the most successful approaches was the Oral Therapy Education Program (OTEP) developed by BRAC, the world’s lar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34072599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020092 |
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description | For ORT to have a maximum impact on public health it should be used in the community, in the home. A number of programs have been developed over the years to extend ORT to home use. One of the most successful approaches was the Oral Therapy Education Program (OTEP) developed by BRAC, the world’s largest NGO. Mothers were taught in the home by an OTEP worker using seven simple messages and a demonstration. The program, which led to high levels of use and knowledge retention, is described. What the OTEP and other successful home-based programs have demonstrated is that home care of diarrhea using ORS can be effectively implemented and can have a positive impact on the reduction of diarrhea morbidity and mortality. |
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spelling | pubmed-82616262021-07-08 Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community Cash, Richard A. Trop Med Infect Dis Article For ORT to have a maximum impact on public health it should be used in the community, in the home. A number of programs have been developed over the years to extend ORT to home use. One of the most successful approaches was the Oral Therapy Education Program (OTEP) developed by BRAC, the world’s largest NGO. Mothers were taught in the home by an OTEP worker using seven simple messages and a demonstration. The program, which led to high levels of use and knowledge retention, is described. What the OTEP and other successful home-based programs have demonstrated is that home care of diarrhea using ORS can be effectively implemented and can have a positive impact on the reduction of diarrhea morbidity and mortality. MDPI 2021-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8261626/ /pubmed/34072599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020092 Text en © 2021 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cash, Richard A. Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title | Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title_full | Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title_fullStr | Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title_full_unstemmed | Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title_short | Using Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) in the Community |
title_sort | using oral rehydration therapy (ort) in the community |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261626/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34072599 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020092 |
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