Care Seeking During Fatal Childhood Illnesses

Siaya District, Kenya, 1998

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ID11018025
AuthorsRenu Garg (0000-0003-3760-4249, Renu Garg, Lisa A. Lee, and Michael S. Deming are with the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Washington Omwomo is with Community Initiatives for Child Survival in Siaya, CARE Kenya, Siaya, Kenya. Janet M. Witte is with the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.), Washington Omwomo (Renu Garg, Lisa A. Lee, and Michael S. Deming are with the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Washington Omwomo is with Community Initiatives for Child Survival in Siaya, CARE Kenya, Siaya, Kenya. Janet M. Witte is with the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.), Washington Okoth Omwomo (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Janet M Witte (Renu Garg, Lisa A. Lee, and Michael S. Deming are with the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Washington Omwomo is with Community Initiatives for Child Survival in Siaya, CARE Kenya, Siaya, Kenya. Janet M. Witte is with the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.), Janet Witte (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Lisa A Lee (0000-0001-7201-1778, Renu Garg, Lisa A. Lee, and Michael S. Deming are with the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Washington Omwomo is with Community Initiatives for Child Survival in Siaya, CARE Kenya, Siaya, Kenya. Janet M. Witte is with the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.), Michael S Deming (Renu Garg, Lisa A. Lee, and Michael S. Deming are with the Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Washington Omwomo is with Community Initiatives for Child Survival in Siaya, CARE Kenya, Siaya, Kenya. Janet M. Witte is with the School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta.)
Year2001
Volume91
Issue10
Pages1611-1613
Publication date2001-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.91.10.1611
PMID11574320
OpenAlexW1972424126
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

1 of every 5 children in Nyanza Province Kenya dies before reaching 5 years of age. Community health workers in 200 villages were trained by Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Kenyas Community Initiatives for Child Survival to treat children with fever cough or difficult breathing and diarrhea; refer seriously ill children; and promote illness prevention behaviors. A year after a study was conducted to investigate care-seeking itineraries during terminal illness to identify opportunities to further reduce childhood mortality. The researchers identified deaths that occurred among children younger than 5 years between May 1 and August 30 1998. Caregivers of 97 children were interviewed about the decreased childrens symptoms and duration of terminal illness the types of health providers consulted and the number chronology and timeliness of visits. In all 46% of the caregivers consulted a health worker at a health facility and 26% consulted a community health worker. 58% of the children were seen by a trained provider of western medical care. The findings point to opportunities for further reducing childhood deaths

Community health · Community health workers · Developing country · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health facility · Health services · Population · Public health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatrics

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