ASSESSMENT OF COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASES IN 1-5 YR AGE GROUP CHILDREN AND DETERMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE, HEALTH CARE PRACTICES & HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PARENTS IN JAMNAGAR DISTRICT

Dr Sudip Bhavsar; Dr Amrita Sarkar

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

ASSESSMENT OF COMMON CHILDHOOD DISEASES IN 1-5 YR AGE GROUP CHILDREN AND DETERMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE, HEALTH CARE PRACTICES & HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PARENTS IN JAMNAGAR DISTRICT

Dr Sudip Bhavsar, Dr Amrita Sarkar

Abstract :

Introduction: If any country has progress, it should give utmost thrust on health of children because they are tomorrow�s citizens. Aims & Objectives: (1)Assessment of prevalence of common childhood diseases in 1-5 yr age group(2)Determining knowledge, health care practices for common childhood diseases(3)Assessment of health seeking behavior among parents of children having studied disease(4)Testing association of various demographic variables with studied diseases Methodology: A cross-sectional study of 400 children (12 to 59 months) was done using multistage sampling technique in Jamnagar district. 120 children were selected from urban and 280 from rural areas as urban: rural ratio is 3:7 in India. Results: 17.25%, 2.5% and 0.5% of participants were suffering from Acute respiratory infections(ARI), diarrhea and vit A deficiency respectively. Treatment seeking behavior of parents was quite good(93.67%). As socioeconomic class goes higher, chance of ARI comes down.