Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers on home management of under-five children with Otitis media at Kamuzu Central and Likunihospitals.
Otitis Media is a major public health problem in many populations around the world and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of several children. According to WHO Bulletin, (2008), in less developed countries especially in Africa, Otitis media alone contributes to 68% of all cases that comm...
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
2022
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| Online Access: | http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/388 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Otitis Media is a major public health problem in many populations around the world and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality of several children. According to WHO Bulletin, (2008), in less developed countries especially in Africa, Otitis media alone contributes to 68% of all cases that commonly occur in children in the continent. It accounts for 28 million deaths annually world wide. About 6 per 1000 live born infants or 798000 babies globally suffer permanent hearing loss at birth or within the neonatal period every year and at least 90% of them are in developing countries. Treatment of Otitis media accounts for 50% of all pediatric antibiotic prescriptions and as much as $5 billion annually in cost. This is a lot of money considering that many countries, for instance in Africa are very poor. For instance, Malawi, has an alarming annual percentage of 42%
of Otitis media cases in children and contributes to 18% of all deaths occurring in under five children country wide (KCH-Pediatric Annual Records, 2008). In Malawi, traditional measures in managing children with Otitis media have been perceived as having great positive impact on the sick children's recovery. However, effectiveness of this method in most cases has proved to result in severe disease progression and recurrences.
Though the condition is worthy manageable at home, most Malawian mothers do not know the required measures that are supposed to be taken whilst caring for the sick child at home due to poor educational background. No records or researches were previously done or published in trying to assess the knowledge, practices and perception of the general public in relation to home
management of Otitis media or in Malawi. Therefore, this study intends to find out mothers knowledge on Otitis media and the common home management criteria used in treating Otitis media. A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional design will be used in this study. The study will be conducted in Lilongwe. The study will have a minimum number of 100 participants from two Lilongwe based hospitals. Several ethical issues such as privacy, confidentiality, human rights and consent form will be used during the study. |
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