Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Survey in Cases of Moderate-to-severe Diarrhea Among Children Ages 0-59 Months in the District of Manhica, Southern Mozambique

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2013 May 1

PMID 23629927

Citations 14

Authors

Tacilta Nhampossa

Inacio Mandomando

Sozinho Acacio

Delino Nhalungo

Charfudin Sacoor

Ariel Nhacolo

Eusebio Macete

Arnaldo Nhabanga

Llorenc Quinto

Karen Kotloff

Myron M Levine

Dilruba Nasrin

Tamer Farag

Quique Bassat

Pedro Alonso

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Abstract

In the predominantly rural Manhiça district, in southern Mozambique, diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children under 5 years. Caretakers randomly selected from the Demographic Surveillance Database were invited to participate in a community-based survey on use of healthcare services for gastroenteritis. Of those caretakers reporting an episode of diarrhea during the recall period, 65.2% in the first survey and 43.8% in the second survey reported seeking care at a health facility. Independent risk factors for seeking care in health facilities in the first survey included the presence of diarrhea with fever and not knowing any sign of dehydration; having a television at home was related with an independent decreased use of the health facilities. In the second survey, the use of health services was significantly associated with diarrhea with fever and vomiting. Establishment of continuous prospective monitoring allows accounting for changes in healthcare use that may occur because of seasonality or secular events.

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