The impact of "Child Care" intervention in rural Primary Health Care Program on prevalence of diarrhea among children less than 36 months of age in rural western China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It was unclear how and to what extent the "Child Care" intervention (CCI) in rural Primary Health Care Program affected the prevalence of childhood diarrhea in rural western China.

Methods

The available data of 10,829 and 10,682 households was collected from shared 34 counties of 9 provinces of western China in 2001 and 2005 respectively. A log-binomial regression model was used to predict the effect of CCI on prevalence of childhood diarrhea.

Results

In 2001, the prevalence rate of diarrhea among children less than 36 months of age was 17.01% in intervention group and 17.72% in control group, and in 2005 this crude rate declined to 4.85% in the former and 6.84% in the latter. Log-binomial regression analysis showed that CCI decreased the overall prevalence

SUBMITTER: Gao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042409 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature