KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE OF MOTHERS WHOSE UNDER 5 YEARS OLD CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING FROM ACUTE DIARRHEA AT HAI PHONG CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN 2017

Abstract

Objectives: Describing the knowledge, practice of mothers whose under 5 years old children are suffering from acute diarrhea atHai Phong Children’s Hospital. Subjects and methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study was used with convenient sample of 422 motherswhoseunder 5 yearsoldchildrensufferingacutediarrheafromwerebeingtreated at Hai Phong Children’s Hospital from March 2017 to May 2017. Results: The number of mothers who had the good general knowledge of acute diarrhea was 31,3 %, there were 70,9% mothers correctly practiced haking care of children with diarrhea. Conclusion: Most mothers practiced correctly caring of acute diarrhea but did not have good general knowledge of the disease. Key words:, ,