Prevalence and factors aassociated with diarrhoea among children between 6 and 59 months of age in Mwanza city Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKabhele, Silas
dc.contributor.authorNew-Aaron, Moses
dc.contributor.authorKibusi, Stephen Matthew
dc.contributor.authorGesase, Ainory P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-13T10:56:04Z
dc.date.available2021-05-13T10:56:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionFull text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmx109en_US
dc.description.abstractChildhood diarrhoea is a global public health problem especially in unplanned settlements of low- and middle-income countries. Different studies have associated household settlement and childhood diarrhoea, but the prevalence and risk factors associated with childhood diarrhoea at the community level are not clearly known. A community-based cross-sectional study was performed to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with diarrhoea in among 480 children between 6 and 59months of age in Mwanza city from June to August 2016. Risk factors associated with childhood diarrhoea in Mwanza city were determined using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis. The study showed a prevalence of diarrhoea of 20.4% and an association between type of settlement and childhood diarrhoea (p<0.001) in a chi-square analysis. During bivariate analysis, and logistic regression, after controlling for other factors, unplanned settlement was significantly associated with childhood diarrhoea (odds ratio¼3.475, p<0.001 and AOR¼3.469, p<0.001). Other factors associated with childhood diarrhoea were behaviour of mother washing hands before preparing food (AOR¼0, 193, p<0.001), mother washing hands after changing child’s napkins (AOR¼0.544, p<0.036) and the behaviour of the child washing hands after toilet (AOR¼0.447, p<0.006). Risk factors associated with childhood diarrhoea in Mwanza city are unplanned settlement and behaviour of mother and child washing hands during critical time; hence, continuous community health promotion insisting on washing hands with soap and water during critically time is the best method for fighting childhood diarrhoea in Mwanza city.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKabhele, S., New-Aaron, M., Kibusi, S. M., & Gesase, A. P. (2018). Prevalence and factors associated with diarrhoea among children between 6 and 59 months of age in mwanza city tanzania. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 64(6), 523-530.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmx109
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3074
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOxford Universityen_US
dc.subjectDiarrhoeaen_US
dc.subjectMwanza cityen_US
dc.subjectChildhood diarrhoeaen_US
dc.subjectMorbidityen_US
dc.subjectMortalityen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectUnplanned settlementsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and factors aassociated with diarrhoea among children between 6 and 59 months of age in Mwanza city Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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