Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Sahibzada Azhar Mujib, Muhammad Fayyaz Atif, Shahid Mahmud, Muhammad Azhar Ul Haq, Abdul Jamil Chaudhry.
Acute watery Diarrhea in young children - current practices in a rural community.
Pak Paed J Jan ;22(4):149-52.

A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted to determine the current practices of mothers in acute watery diarrhea. 152 mothers with children under five years of age were interviewed in village Raja Bola, a rural community in Lahore district. 80.3% of these mothers were below 34 years of age 95.4% mothers were illiterate. Only 69.3% reported accurate knowledge of ORS preparation. Only 7.9% of mothers had got accurate knowledge of preparation of sugar salt solution (SSS). 83.6% of mothers continued breast feeding during diarrhea while 16.4% of mothers either decreased or stopped it completely. 23.7% changed the frequency of milk feeding, out of which majority of mothers stopped or decreased it. 57.2% of mothers reported discontinuation of solids and semi solids during diarrhea. 97.3% did not use boiled water for cooking and drinking purposes.

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