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This study was conducted to find out determinants of preference of homeopathic treatment to allopathic one. To determine factors influencing people's attitude towards homeopathic treatment. This was an descriptive cross sectional epidemiological study. At homeopathic clinics situated at Zenana Hospital road Bahawalpur Period: 1st July 2010 to 30th Nov 2010. Subjects and Tool of data collection was preformed questionnaire which was used to collect relevant information. The informed consent was taken. Eighty subjects were included in the study. Out of total respondents, 87% preferred homeopathic treatment and only 12.5% preferred allopathic treatment. This high utilization was attributed to high efficacy, low cost, better taste, less side effects and family trend. People at Bahawalpur prefer homeopathic treatment to the allopathic one
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To find-out the determinants of malnutrition in children between six months to five years age in Bahawalpur. This was an observational descriptive cross - sectional study. At Paediatric Medicine out - patient department in Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. From Feb. 2005 to March 2007. Eleven hundred children with malnutrition having ages six months to five years. Main outcome measures. Determinants of malnutrition in children under - 5 in Bahawalpur. This study consists of 1100 sick children between the ages six months to five years brought by their parents [mother] to the Pediatric Medicine out-patient department in Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur. Only the children with malnutrition [undernutrition] were included in the study population. Mothers of these children were interviewed and clinical examination of each child was carried-out to find-out the causes of malnutrition in them. According to Gome's classification, 39.45% of them had first degree malnutrition, 37.10%, second degree and 23.45%, third degree malnutrition. The major causes of malnutrition found in our study population included: Illiteracy; food-fads; poverty; lack of breast-feeding; improper weaning; diarrhea and respiratory diseases. All these factors were statistically significant