From: Mothers’ beliefs and barriers about childhood diarrhea and its management in Morang district, Nepal
Themes | Examples | Number | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|
Causes of diarrhea* | Dirt and lack of cleanliness | 18 | 90 |
Disposal of stool near home in open air | 6 | 30 | |
Change in weather | 3 | 15 | |
Carelessness of mother | 2 | 10 | |
Traditional/supernatural | 3 | 15 | |
The most dangerous diarrhea | Thin watery stool | 16 | 80 |
Red stool | 3 | 15 | |
Green stool | 1 | 5 | |
Management* | Oral rehydration solution | 15 | 75 |
Salt sugar water solution | 12 | 60 | |
Traditional | 3 | 15 | |
Beneficial foods/fluids* | Home available foods/fluids | 17 | 85 |
Mother’s breast milk | 12 | 60 | |
Green leafy vegetables | 6 | 30 | |
Potato boiled in cow’s milk | 3 | 15 | |
Harmful foods/fluids* | Spicy and oily foods/fluids | 19 | 95 |
Stale/rotten foods/fluids | 16 | 80 | |
Hard foods/fluids | 8 | 40 | |
Cold foods/fluids | 4 | 20 | |
Beliefs toward prevention or management of diarrhea* | Modern biomedical | 18 | 90 |
Traditional | 1 | 5 | |
Modern plus traditional | 3 | 15 | |
Barriers toward prevention or management of diarrhea* | Financial weakness | 15 | 75 |
Lack of awareness | 16 | 80 | |
Lack of place for defecation | 9 | 45 | |
Distance of water source | 6 | 30 | |
Distance of healthcare facilities | 8 | 40 |