Sarker Abdur Razzaque, Sultana Marufa, Mahumud Rashidul Alam, Sheikh Nurnabi, Van Der Meer Robert, Morton Alec
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh; University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Glob Pediatr Health. 2016 Nov 30;3:2333794X16680901. doi: 10.1177/2333794X16680901. eCollection 2016.
In Bangladesh, the burden of diarrheal diseases is significant among children <5 years old. The objective of this study is to capture the prevalence of and health care-seeking behavior for childhood diarrheal diseases (CDDs) and to identify the factors associated with CDDs at a population level in Bangladesh. We use a logistic regression approach to model careseeking based on individual characteristics. The overall diarrhea prevalence among children <5 years old was found to be 5.71%. Some factors found to significantly influence the health care-seeking pattern were age and sex of the children, nutritional score, age and education of mothers, wealth index, and access to electronic media. The health care service could be improved through working in partnership with public facilities, private health care practitioners, and community-based organizations, so that all strata of the population get equitable access in cases of childhood diarrhoea.
在孟加拉国，5岁以下儿童腹泻病负担较重。本研究的目的是了解儿童腹泻病（CDDs）的患病率和就医行为，并确定孟加拉国人群层面与儿童腹泻病相关的因素。我们采用逻辑回归方法，根据个体特征对就医行为进行建模。研究发现，5岁以下儿童的总体腹泻患病率为5.71%。一些被发现对就医模式有显著影响的因素包括儿童的年龄和性别、营养评分、母亲的年龄和教育程度、财富指数以及使用电子媒体的情况。通过与公共设施、私人医疗从业者和社区组织合作，可以改善医疗服务，使所有人群在儿童腹泻病例中都能获得公平的就医机会。
