| Titre : | Selected Papers from the 8th International Symposium on Medical Geography. Ecological and cultural barriers to treatment of childhood diarrhea in riverine areas of Ondo State, Nigeria. (2000) |
| Auteurs : | B.F. IVUN ; Robert EARIKSON, éd. ; E.A. OKE ; International Symposium on Medical Geography. (1998; Baltimore. USA) |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 50, n° 7-8, 2000) |
| Pagination : | 953-964 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Nigeria ; Afrique ; Epidémiologie ; Diarrhée ; Enfant ; Homme ; Enfant 2 5 ans ; Thérapeutique ; Thérapeutique médicamenteuse ; Observance thérapeutique ; Mère ; Perception ; Education santé ; Promotion santé ; Appareil digestif [pathologie] ; Intestin [pathologie] |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST qnR0xiFl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In Nigeria diarrhea still poses the greatest health problem to the survival of the under-fives in spite of the fact that the majority of mothers are reportedly to have been reached by health education on oral rehydration therapy (ORT) regardless of their ecological and socioeconomic situations. This study assesses the effect of different ecological and sociocultural conditions on use of ORT in riverine areas of Ondo State for the identification of the most effective means of dissemination of information on ORT in similar geographically disadvantaged localities in Nigeria and elsewhere. It is a formative study, but its results are expected to lead to identification of potentially effective intervention modalities to improve diarrhea treatment in remote areas. Of great concern in this study are communities whose awareness and acceptance of ORT may be more dictated by environmental conditions. This study combines two different research methodologies ; namely, semistructured questionnaires and in-depth interviews to gain focused'insight into the communities. The study was carried out in Ilaje--Ese-Odo local government area (LGA) in southwestern Nigeria. It covered 308 mothers from 2 subethnic groups (Ilaje and Apoi) from a set of randomly chosen villages situated in 3 ecological strata and the in-depth interviews with 42 key informants. The majority of the mothers described some dangerous signs of last diarrhea suffered by their children under the age of five. (...) |
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