Svay Somana. Factors associated with the occurrence of acute respiratory infections in children from six months to five years of age in Tapraya hospital, Tapraya district (Sakeo province) . Master's Degree(Primary Health Care Management). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
Factors associated with the occurrence of acute respiratory infections in children from six months to five years of age in Tapraya hospital, Tapraya district (Sakeo province)
Abstract:
Many children of less than five years of age die from acute respiratory infection,
To develop preventive measures we need know the possible causes and factors related
to the infections.
So in January and February of 2004 I undertook at communing hospital-based
survey at Tapraya hospital, Tapraya district, Sakaeo province in order to identify
those risk factors associated with acute respiratory infections among children of six
months to five years of age, mothers of 251 children filled on my questionnaire, the
prevalence of acute respiratory infection was 45%.
I found that younger children, those with history of wheezing, those whose
family members had history of chronic respiratory infection and those whose mothers
had less education or were less informed about acute respiratory infections had a
higher risk of infection.
So intervention program should be developed and applied that are directed to
improving the knowledge of mothers about acute respiratory infection, providing
close care to children with wheezing history and younger age of children.