Cash Richard A
Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2021 May 29;6(2):92. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6020092.
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.
为使口服补液疗法对公共卫生产生最大影响,应在社区、家庭中使用。多年来已制定了一些方案,将口服补液疗法推广至家庭使用。其中最成功的方法之一是由世界最大的非政府组织孟加拉农村发展委员会(BRAC)开发的口服疗法教育方案(OTEP)。一名OTEP工作人员在家庭中向母亲们传授七条简单信息并进行演示。该方案带来了高使用率和知识留存率,本文对此进行了描述。OTEP及其他成功的家庭式方案所表明的是,使用口服补液盐对腹泻进行家庭护理可以有效实施,并可对降低腹泻发病率和死亡率产生积极影响。