Diseño de estrategia para prevenir enfermedad diarreica aguda en niños menores de 5 años. Barrio Progreso 2016.

Abstract

Acute Diarrheal Disease (ADD) in children represent a major public health problem on a global scale, being responsible for 760,000 deaths each year. Ecuador doesn´t escape this reality; only in the Progreso neighborhood of the Archidona Canton, Napo Province, it represents the main cause of attention for pathological infection, therefore this research had as its objective to design an educational strategy to prevent Acute Diarrheal Disease in children under five years of age in the Progreso neighborhood. From January to July of 2016 a prior identification of socio-demographic variables were collected, such as sex, age, occupation, education level, ethnicity, and level of knowledge about prevention of diarrheic diseases through a descriptive study. The population was constituted by 50 child caretakers under the age of five. The data was gathered through a survey applied to the population, processed by statistical methods, the analysis of the results found that the population studied had an insufficient knowledge level of about 38% for Acute Diarrheal Diseases; 86% predominated by females, 42% between the ages of 20 and 29; 64% of mestizo ethnicity; 52% of secondary education level, and 32% each of occupation housewife and public servers respectively. A design for an educational intervention was concluded by the results, with the objective of modifying the current knowledge findings. It is recommended to apply this educational strategy to the researched population at a future time.