Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: May | Volume: 3 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 13-22
Determinants of Mother’s Preventive Practices against Children’s Acute Gastroenteritis: Basis for a Health Education Program
Kananura Viateur
MSN, University of Gitwe, Adventist University of the Philippines
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to find out the determinants of mother’s preventive practices against children’s acute gastroenteritis. Acute gastroenteritis is the fourth most common cause of consultation and admission in year 2011and fifth in year 2012 with a total amount of 972 for the children under five years old.
Utilizing a descriptive-correlational design. The descriptive method was used to describe the determinants of mother’s preventive practices against children’s acute gastroenteritis: Basis for a health education program in terms of knowledge, attitude, and beliefs, biological and socio-cultural factors. Data from 150 mothers ages 18-45 years old, who have children ages five years and below were selected through purposive sampling technique from selected Barangays of Santa Rosa City and Silang Cavite ( Philippines) were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The respondents were highly knowledgeable on acute gastroenteritis and its preventive practices, have positive attitude toward preventive practices against children acute gastroenteritis and strongly believe that different preventive practices protect their children against acute gastroenteritis. They practice excellently the different preventive measures against acute gastroenteritis.
Knowledge and attitude significantly determine one’s preventive practices against children acute gastroenteritis. A health education program based on the result of the study was developed for health promotion and prevention. Majority of the respondents have children who had acute gastroenteritis. Knowledge, attitude and belief had positive significant relationship to mother’s preventive practices against children acute gastroenteritis.
Key words: Acute Gastroenteritis, Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, Preventive Practices.