Bhatia V, Swami H M, Bhatia M, Bhatia S P
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Chandigarh.
Indian J Pediatr. 1999 Jul-Aug;66(4):499-503. doi: 10.1007/BF02727156.
The present study on diarrhoea, its prevalence, practices and awareness of mothers was conducted in 120 randomly selected households in the rural area of Chandigarh during monsoons in 1996. Inspite of access to safe drinking water and latrines in 83% and 74% of the households in the village respectively, the prevalence rate of diarrhoea in 181 under five children was observed to be 23.2%. Majority (88.1%) of children had treatment for diarrhoea whereas only half (54.8%) of children were given oral rehydration solution. 86.7% of the mothers were aware of ORS but only 18.7% could tell the correct method of its preparation. A large number of respondents implicated a variety of food items responsible for diarrhoea and restricted them during the episodes.
1996年季风季节期间，在昌迪加尔农村地区随机抽取了120户家庭，对腹泻情况、腹泻患病率、母亲的应对措施及认知程度展开了研究。尽管村里分别有83%和74%的家庭能够获取安全饮用水和使用厕所，但在181名五岁以下儿童中，腹泻患病率仍达23.2%。大多数（88.1%）儿童接受了腹泻治疗，然而只有半数（54.8%）儿童服用了口服补液盐。86.7%的母亲知晓口服补液盐，但只有18.7%的母亲能说出正确的配制方法。大量受访者认为多种食物会导致腹泻，并在腹泻期间对这些食物加以限制。
