Traditional practices and childhood diarrhoea

A cross-sectional study was conducted to elicit traditional cultural beliefs and practices influencing health with special focus on diarrhoea in two villages of Gadap which is a peripheral rural area of Karachi. A total of 100 child-bearing women from both villages were selected by simple random sampling and were asked about their concept of diarrhoea, the causal attribution, management approaches and other demographic information. The study …