Ecological zone and symptoms of acute respiratory infection among children under five in Ghana: 1993-2014.

ABSTRACT: Since 1993, evidence suggest that a significant portion of Ghanaian under-five children have suffered from Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI). This study sought to examine the prevalence of ARI symptoms among under-fives across ecological zones as well as childhood and maternal factors associated with ARI between 1993 and 2014. We used data from Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (1993-2014). The study sample included women of reproductive age who had under-five children experiencing a cough accompanied with short rapid breaths in the last two weeks preceding each of the surveys. Data were extracted and analysed using STATA version 14.2. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were done to establish the association between the explanatory and outcome variable. Among Coastal dwellers, the

SUBMITTER: Seidu AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6558297 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature