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Dynamics of Risk Determinants Regarding Diarrhea Affected Slum Children in Urban Dhaka: A Dysfunctional Health Care System
Choyon Kumar Saha M.S.S
Corresponding Author: Choyon Kumar Saha M.S.S
Submitted: May 06, 2012
Accepted: July 09, 2012
Published: July 30, 2012 |
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This study attempts to focus on the socio-cultural risk determinants of health behavior which is closely
associated with the severity of persistent diarrheal illness among fewer than five children. It is a dominant cause of
childhood mortality and frequent faltering of infant growth of underprivileged slum children in Bangladesh. A
community based cross-sectional survey was conducted on 109 mother-child pairs of 0-59 month old children at
Agargaon slum of Mirpurzone in metropolitan Dhaka from July to August 2008. An explanatory model of Health
Care System (HCS) was applied toexplorethe nature of health care practices during diarrheal episodes which
incorporates conventional folktraditions (Fakir, Kabiraj, Hujur), popular (lay and non-professional such as family,
community etc.) and professionalized traditions (modern scientific medicine) among slum women and justify the
functionality of three components of HCS in relation to the risk factors associated with diarrheal treatment of
respondents’ children. The findings of this study indicate that various socio-cultural factors such as unhygienic
conditions (garbage, offensive smell, unclean utensils, ineffective hand washing, flies and mosquitoes etc.), eating
stale and stationary food (biscuits, cake and bread) from vendors or roadsides, limited breast feeding practices,
unsafe drinking water and gender discrimination in providing treatment are frequently noticed in slum areas which
drive under five children to high risk of persistent diarrhea.
Key words: Diarrhea, health care system , hygiene, risk, slum, ,
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Choyon Kumar Saha M.S.S, . Dynamics of Risk Determinants Regarding Diarrhea Affected Slum Children in Urban Dhaka: A Dysfunctional Health Care System. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (4): 304-313.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-3246
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