An operational study on implementation of oral rehydration therapy in a rural community of West Bengal, India.
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| ID: sea-24112
ABSTRACT
An operational study of a 3-tier strategy for implementation of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was conducted in a block of West Bengal with 216,825 population through the existing health services facilities. All the grassroot level, health workers including their supervisors at various levels were trained regarding the management of patients of diarrhoea with mild to moderate degree of dehydration, by ORT. Another block in the same district with similar demographic features where this intervention was not provided served as control. After 22 months of observation, it was evident that despite adequate training, the performance of Community Health Guides (CHGs) and Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) was not encouraging because of the low utilization of both home available fluids (32.0%) and oral rehydration solution (18.0%) in the study area. Similarly, diarrhoea associated mortality could not be reduced significantly. Lack of motivation and failure to maintain sustained level of skill by the CHGs and AWWs constitute the major bottlenecks for the successful implementation of the programme at the community level.
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IMSEAR (Asia Sudoriental)
Asunto principal:
Población Rural
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Humanos
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Preescolar
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Agentes Comunitarios de Salud
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Diarrea
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Diarrea Infantil
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Fluidoterapia
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India
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Lactante
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Año:
1991
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