How sustainable household environment and knowledge of healthy practices relate to childhood morbidity in South Asia: analysis of survey data from Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prevalence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection (ARI) is considerably high among South Asian children. The objective of this study is to compare the associations of sustainable household environment and knowledge of healthy practices with episodes of these diseases among the children in the region.

Design

The study analysed the latest, nationally representative and cross-sectional Demographic and Health Survey data.

Setting

Data from three countries were analysed: Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.

Participants

Women aged between 12 and 49 years living in selected households provided information on 23 940 of their children under the age of 5 years.

Primary outcomes measures

The morbidity status of the children was recorded with respect to

SUBMITTER: Hasan MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623452 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature