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Barriers to utilization of oral rehydration solution and zinc in managing diarrhoea among under-five children in Oyo State, Nigeria

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Date
2022
Author
Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi
Juma, Joseph
Kariuki, John
Keywords
Barriers to utilisation
Diarrhoea
Nigeria
Unavailability
Unaffordability
Under-five children
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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Despite its effectiveness, oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc use for managing diarrhoea among under-5 children (U5C) is low in Nigeria. We assessed the barriers to utilisation and sources of ORS/zinc in Oyo State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional mixed-methods design was adopted. Of the 1154 mothers in the quantitative study, only 71 (6.2%) reported recent U5C diarrhoea, of which 41 used ORS/zinc. Eleven of these 41 obtained ORS/zinc from private chemists, and six from government hospitals. Topmost barriers to utilisation of ORS/zinc are unavailability, unaffordability and poor awareness. Stakeholders should intensify efforts to sensitise women, and improve the availability and affordability of ORS and zinc therapy.
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Fagbamigbe , A , Juma , J & Kariuki , J 2022 , ' Barriers to utilization of oral rehydration solution and zinc in managing diarrhoea among under-five children in Oyo State, Nigeria ' , BMJ Paediatrics Open , vol. 6 , no. 1 , e001450 . https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001450
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BMJ Paediatrics Open
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Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001450
ISSN
2399-9772
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Journal item
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Copyright © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made.
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