THE PRACTICES AND KNOWLEDGE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE
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PRACTICES AND KNOWLEDGE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE.
Background: Acute respiratory infections are currently one of the biggest causes of childhood morbidity, caused by viral or bacterial microorganisms, from common cold to pneumonia; before a respiratory disease in children, mothers’ knowledge and practices may be affected by low scholarship or poor access to adequate information.
Objective: To determine knowledge and practices on acute respiratory infections in mothers of children under 5 years of age in children's homes, Soledad-Atlántico. 2019-1.
Method: Quantitative approach to the descriptive level was carried out, performed with 115 mothers of children under 5 years of age, which attending one of the 12 Children's Homes in the Soledad municipality. For data collection, a survey prepared by the authors previously validated by experts.
Results: 48% of mothers consider coughing as an alarm sign, 29% of mothers associate respiratory symptoms with the ingestion of cold drinks, 18% consider that they are due to viruses or infectious processes, 32% of mothers say that in the face of a respiratory infection, they prefer to care their children by providing natural remedies, 26% prefers to take them to a medical care institution.
Conclusions: Respiratory infections represent a major health problem in children under 5 years of age. It is important to establish education actions aimed at the mothers of the child population, according to the deficiencies identified in the results.
Keywords: knowledge, practices, acute respiratory infections. (DeCS)
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