Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh

Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh

The contribution of community-based ARI control programme of BRAC in improving maternal knowledge of acute respiratory infections in children was assessed. Data came from a cross-sectional survey of 2,938 mothers of under 5 year-old children residing in 200 randomly selected villages in two regio...

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Egile nagusia: Hadi, Abdullahel
Formatua: Research report
Hizkuntza:English
Argitaratua: BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) 2019
Gaiak:
Maternal knowledge
Childhood
Acute respiratory infection (ARI)
BRAC villages
Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
Respiratory organs > Diseases > Treatment
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spelling 10361-129622019-11-14T21:01:14Z Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh Hadi, Abdullahel Maternal knowledge Childhood Acute respiratory infection (ARI) BRAC villages Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC) Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment The contribution of community-based ARI control programme of BRAC in improving maternal knowledge of acute respiratory infections in children was assessed. Data came from a cross-sectional survey of 2,938 mothers of under 5 year-old children residing in 200 randomly selected villages in two regions of Bangladesh. Three aspects of maternal knowledge such as clinical symptoms, preventive practices and home remedies were considered. While the achievement in improving knowledge had remained modest in BRAC villages, findings revealed that the programme was able to create an enable environment for change among women. The ARI promotional activities were suggested to be sensitive to the belief of mothers and their ability to understand. The chapter concludes that the ARI intervention had significance in improving maternal knowledge and points to the need of addressing more relevant issues in its intervention strategy for better performance. 2019-11-14T05:24:16Z 2019-11-14T05:24:16Z 1999 Research report Hadi, A. (1999). Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh. Research Reports (1999): Health Studies, Vol - XXVIII, 322–333. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/12962 en application/pdf BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
institution Brac University
collection Institutional Repository
language English
topic Maternal knowledge
Childhood
Acute respiratory infection (ARI)
BRAC villages
Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment
spellingShingle Maternal knowledge
Childhood
Acute respiratory infection (ARI)
BRAC villages
Health, Nutrition, and Population Program (BRAC)
Respiratory organs--Diseases--Treatment
Hadi, Abdullahel
Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
description The contribution of community-based ARI control programme of BRAC in improving maternal knowledge of acute respiratory infections in children was assessed. Data came from a cross-sectional survey of 2,938 mothers of under 5 year-old children residing in 200 randomly selected villages in two regions of Bangladesh. Three aspects of maternal knowledge such as clinical symptoms, preventive practices and home remedies were considered. While the achievement in improving knowledge had remained modest in BRAC villages, findings revealed that the programme was able to create an enable environment for change among women. The ARI promotional activities were suggested to be sensitive to the belief of mothers and their ability to understand. The chapter concludes that the ARI intervention had significance in improving maternal knowledge and points to the need of addressing more relevant issues in its intervention strategy for better performance.
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author Hadi, Abdullahel
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title Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
title_short Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
title_full Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
title_fullStr Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in BRAC villages, Bangladesh
title_sort improving maternal knowledge of childhood acute respiratory infections (aris) in brac villages, bangladesh
publisher BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED)
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