Caregiver Recognition of Childhood Diarrhea, Care Seeking Behaviors and Home Treatment Practices in Rural Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Wilson S, Ouédraogo C, Prince L, Ouédraogo A, Hess S, Rouamba N, Ouédraogo J, Vosti S, Brown K. Caregiver Recognition of Childhood Diarrhea, Care Seeking Behaviors and Home Treatment Practices in Rural Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Survey. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e33273. PMID: 22428006, PMCID: PMC3302832, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033273.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOral rehydration solutionHome treatment practicesTreatment practicesCommunity-based household surveyMultiple logistic regression modelTherapeutic zinc supplementationPresence of diarrheaCare seeking behaviourPublic sector clinicsForm of treatmentHealth care providersFormal health servicesCross-sectional surveyDiarrhea control programsLogistic regression modelsRural Burkina FasoRecent diarrheaDiarrhea episodesChildhood diarrheaClinical criteriaIllness durationHealth districtTreatment recommendationsZinc supplementationIllness recognition