Green E C
Soc Sci Med. 1985;20(3):277-85. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(85)90242-4.
A study of beliefs and practices relating to childhood diarrhea, relying primarily on traditional healers as informants and survey respondents, revealed an indigenous classification of childhood diarrhea into three main types. Enemas are used as a treatment in two types of more serious diarrhea regarded as due to unnatural causes. Most children with diarrhea are taken to clinics only after home treatments and those of traditional healers have failed, by which time a child may be severely dehydrated. The role of oral rehydration and strategies for health education are discussed in the context of Swazi culture.
一项主要以传统治疗师作为信息提供者和调查对象的关于儿童腹泻相关观念与做法的研究，揭示了一种将儿童腹泻本土划分为三种主要类型的分类方法。灌肠被用作两种被认为是由非自然原因导致的更严重腹泻类型的治疗方法。大多数腹泻儿童只有在家庭治疗和传统治疗师的治疗均失败后才会被送去诊所，而此时孩子可能已经严重脱水。在斯威士兰文化背景下讨论了口服补液的作用和健康教育策略。
