| Literature DB >> 9185369 |
S R Huttly1, S S Morris, V Pisani.
Abstract
An updated review of nonvaccine interventions for the prevention of childhood diarrhoea in developing countries is presented. The importance of various key preventive strategies (breast-feeding, water supply and sanitation improvements) is confirmed and certain aspects of others (promotion of personal and domestic hygiene, weaning education/food hygiene) are refined. Evidence is also presented to suggest that, subject to cost-effectiveness examination, two other strategies-vitamin A supplementation and the prevention of low birth weight-should be promoted to the first category of interventions, as classified by Feachem, i.e. those which are considered to have high effectiveness and strong feasibility.Entities:
Keywords: Age Factors; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Breast Feeding--beneficial effects; Child; Child Health; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea--prevention and control; Diseases; Food Supplementation--beneficial effects; Health; Health Services; Hygiene; Infant; Infant Nutrition; Literature Review; Low Birth Weight; Nutrition; Nutrition Programs; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Primary Health Care; Public Health; Sanitation; Vitamin A--beneficial effects; Vitamins; Weaning; Youth
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9185369 PMCID： PMC2486931
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bull World Health Organ ISSN： 0042-9686 Impact factor: 9.408