[Efficiency evaluation of combined intervention measures with improving drinking water first to prevent infantile acute diarrhea]

Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 1991 Oct;12(5):289-91.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The paper analysed factors of acute diarrhea in children under five by Mantel-Haenszel stratification and Logistic regression. The total person-years of observation were 1332. The results showed that the combined risk factors which caused diarrhea were drinking the pond water and failure to wash hands before eating and so on. The combined intervention Measures, especially improvement of drinking water had effectively decreased the incidence rate of infantile acute diarrhea through the observation in the past two years.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea, Infantile / etiology
  • Diarrhea, Infantile / prevention & control*
  • Efficiency
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • Water Supply / standards*