ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
Seeking care for pediatric diarrheal illness from traditional healers in Bamako, Mali.
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- Treatment-seeking practices of caregivers for children aged less than five years old with diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- The use of traditional medicine practitioner services for childhood illnesses among childbearing women: a multilevel analysis of demographic and health surveys in 32 sub-Saharan African countries.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- The Enterics for Global Health (EFGH)Open forum infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Maternal Decision-Making Power and Care-Seeking Behaviors for Acutely Ill Children: A Multilevel Analysis of 33 Sub-Saharan African Countries.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Medicinal plants for treatment of diarrhoeal diseases among under-five children: experience from traditional healers in North-eastern Tanzania.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Article
- Community perceptions on the effectiveness of herbal medicines and factors associated with their use in managing diarrhoea among under-five children in North-eastern Tanzania.Tropical medicine and health · 2023Article
- Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2019Article
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- Factors associated with pediatrician attitudes over the use of complementary and traditional medicine on children in Muscat, Oman.International journal of health policy and management · 2015Article
- Recent advances in understanding the long-term sequelae of childhood infectious diarrhea.Current infectious disease reports · 2014Article
- Diarrheal disease constitutes one of the top two causes of mortality among young children in developing countries. Preface.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2013Article
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Abstract
Diarrhea is a leading cause of child mortality worldwide. Early recognition of symptoms and referral to medical treatment are essential. In 2007, we conducted a Healthcare Utilization and Attitudes Survey (HUAS) of 1,000 children randomly selected from a population census to define care-seeking patterns for diarrheal disease in Bamako, Mali, in preparation for the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS). We found that 57% of caretakers sought care for their child's diarrheal illness from traditional healers, and 27% of caretakers sought care from the government health center (GHC). Weighted logistic regression showed that seeking care from a traditional healer was associated with more severe reported diarrheal disease, like decreased urination (odds ratio [OR] = 3.35, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 1.19-9.41) and mucus or pus in stool (OR = 4.42, 95% CI = 1.35-14.51), along with other indicators of perceived susceptibility. A locally designed traditional healer referral system was, therefore, created that emphasized more severe disease. This system may serve as a model for health systems in West Africa.
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