Treatment-seeking and recovery among young undernourished children post-hospital discharge in Bangladesh: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Post-hospital discharge mortality is high among undernourished children in many low and middle-income countries. Although a number of quantitative studies have highlighted a range of potential socio-cultural, economic and health system factors influencing paediatric post-discharge treatment-seeking and recovery, few studies have explored family and provider perspectives of the post-discharge period in-depth.

Methods

This work was part of a large, multi-country prospective cohort study, the Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network. We conducted a qualitative sub-study to understand the post-discharge treatment-seeking and recovery experiences of families of undernourished children aged 2-23 months admitted in a rural and urban icddr,b (International

SUBMITTER: Uddin MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9506605 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature