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Individual- and Community-Level Factors Associated with Diarrhea in Children Younger Than Age 5 Years in Bangladesh: Evidence from the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey.
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- Global childhood diarrhoea prevalence and its determinants: a systematic meta-analytic assessment, 1985-2024.EBioMedicine · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of diarrheal disease and its determinants among children under five in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Using Spatial Technologies to Assess Risk Factors for Diarrheal Disease Under Environmental Variability in Bangladesh: A Machine Learning Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Perceived Causes of Illness Among Infants and Young Children in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Diarrhea in Yemeni children under five: A multi-level analysis of population-based surveys, 1991-2022.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Citrulline and kynurenine to tryptophan ratio: potential EED (environmental enteric dysfunction) biomarkers in acute watery diarrhea among children in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Determinants, inequalities, and spatial patterns of diarrhea in the Peruvian under-five population: findings from nationally representative survey data.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Diarrheal disease is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among children younger than age 5 years in Bangladesh. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of diarrhea among children younger than age 5 years and its associated risk factors. Methods: Data were sourced from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, a nationally representative study conducted in 2014. We used multilevel logistic regression models to identify factors associated with diarrheal disease. Results: Children aged 6 to11 months (odds ratio = 2.26; 95% CI, 1.50-3.42), and 12 to 23 months (odds ratio = 2.31; 95% CI, 1.62-3.31) were more likely to have diarrhea than older children. Other significant risk factors for diarrheal infection included households without access to drinking water (odds ratio = 1.39; 95% CI, 1.03-1.88) and mothers lacking mass media access (odds ratio = 1.32; 55% CI, 1.01-1.73). Conclusions: Childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh was associated with individual- and community-level factors. The finding of this study suggests that diarrhea prevention programs in the country can effectively be delivered by targeting young children through expanding community-based education and increasing access to health information through mass media.
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