Assistant Professor, Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Gurgaon
Online published on 15 March, 2019.
Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of childhood mortality in India and is responsible for 13% of all deaths/Year in children under 5 years of age. It is both Preventable and treatable. Diarrhoea is a leading killer of children accounting for 9% of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide in 2015. This translates to over 1400 young children dying each day or about 526000 children a year despite of availability of simple effective treatment. Oral Rehydration solution plays a major role in it. The aim of the study is to find out the knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding use of ORS in management of diarrhea in selected villages of Haryana. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among mothers of underfive children to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding role of ORS in management of diarrhea. A purposive Sampling technique was adopted to select 100 Samples. The knowledge questionnaire on Immunization was used to collect the data.
