BELIEFS REGARDING THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF INFANTILE DIARRHEA IN LIMA, PERU
BELIEFS REGARDING THE ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF INFANTILE DIARRHEA IN LIMA, PERU
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DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(83)90018-7
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
CHUY, M
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作者：
ESCOBAR, GJ;SALAZAR, E;CHUY, M
秘鲁利马的三组妇女接受了采访，了解她们对婴儿腹泻病因和治疗的看法。第一组由 91 名 2 岁以下儿童的母亲组成。这些人在两个地点接受采访：服务于利马北部的一家教学医院的儿科急诊服务中心和位于利马周边快速发展的棚户区之一的卫生中心。第二组由 25 名妇女组成，她们在几个棚户区的家中接受采访。两组母亲给出的答案相似。所有妇女的社会经济地位都很低。第三组由 23 名少女和年轻女性组成，他们在利马的两所学校接受了简短采访。采访结果证实，腹泻不被视为传染病。相反，它被置于拉丁美洲盛行的冷热二分法的框架内；腹泻被认为是由于寒冷侵袭身体或摄入“寒性”食物引起的。暂停母乳喂养也被认为是治疗的重要组成部分，鉴于母乳喂养的减少，这一发现很重要。
Three groups of women in Lima, Peru, were interviewed regarding their beliefs about the etiology and treatment of infantile diarrhea. The first group consisted of 91 mothers of children under the age of 2. These were interviewed at two locations: the pediatric emergency service of a teaching hospital serving northern Lima and a health center located in one of the rapidly growing shantytowns surrounding Lima. The second group consisted of 25 women interviewed in their homes in several shantytowns. Answers given by mothers in both groups were similar. All women were of low socioeconomic status. The third group consisted of 23 adolescent girls and young women interviewed briefly at two schools in Lima.Results of the interviews confirm that diarrhea is not seen as an infectious disease. Instead, it is placed within the framework of the hot-cold dichotomy prevalent in Latin America; diarrhea is believed to be caused by invasion of the body by cold or by ingestion of foods designated as being ‘cold’. Suspension of milk feeding is also thought to be an essential part of treatment, a finding of importance in view of the decline in breastfeeding.