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Health care seeking behaviour of mothers towards diarrheal disease of children less than 5 years in Mekelle city, North Ethiopia

Article scientifique 2018 Anglais

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the health care seeking behavior of mothers on diarrheal disease of under five children and associated factors in Mekelle City, Northern Ethiopia. RESULT: This study revealed that 72.5% (n = 58) of the mothers who reported their children had diarrhea had sought health care facilities. Three quarter, (75.9%) of them was seeking health in the public health care facility. Majority, 89.3% of those children who had severe diarrhea sought at health care facilities. In the multivariable analysis, severity of diarrhea (P = 0.04) and blood in stool) were the significantly associated factors with health seeking behavior of mothers for childhood diarrhea.

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Fissehaye, T., Damte, A., Fantahun, A., Gebrekirstos, K. (2018). Health care seeking behaviour of mothers towards diarrheal disease of children less than 5 years in Mekelle city, North Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3850-3

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Tedros Fissehaye Ashenafi Damte Atsede Fantahun Kahsu Gebrekirstos

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