Acute Respiratory Tract Infection: a Community-Based Intervention Study in Malaysia

A community-based intervention trial was conducted in Kelantan, Malaysia with the aim of reducing severe acute respiratory tract (ARI) infection in children. Interventions included health education of mothers on childhood pneumonia and training of health staff on case management. In a house-to-house...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1996-06, Vol.42 (3), p.138-143
Main Authors: Lye, M. S., Nair, Rama C., Choo, K. E., Kaur, Hanjeet, Lai, K. P. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Communicable Disease Control
Developing Countries
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infectious diseases
Malaysia - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Patient Education as Topic
Program Evaluation
Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - prevention & control
Risk Factors
Survival Rate
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A community-based intervention trial was conducted in Kelantan, Malaysia with the aim of reducing severe acute respiratory tract (ARI) infection in children. Interventions included health education of mothers on childhood pneumonia and training of health staff on case management. In a house-to-house survey 1382 and 1107 children less than 5 years of age in the intervention and control areas, respectively, were followed up every 2 weeks over a 62-week period. The reduction in the incidence of severe ARI cases in the intervention area was significantly greater than in the control area (P
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/42.3.138