Table 2 |
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| Mothers’ beliefs about diarrhea and its management (n = 20) | |||
| Themes | Examples | Number | Percentage |
| Causes of diarrhea* | Dirt and lack of cleanliness | 18 | 90 |
| Disposal of stool near home in open air | 6 | 30 | |
| Change in weather | 3 | 15 | |
| Carelessness of mother | 2 | 10 | |
| Traditional/supernatural | 3 | 15 | |
| The most dangerous diarrhea | Thin watery stool | 16 | 80 |
| Red stool | 3 | 15 | |
| Green stool | 1 | 5 | |
| Management* | Oral rehydration solution | 15 | 75 |
| Salt sugar water solution | 12 | 60 | |
| Traditional | 3 | 15 | |
| Beneficial foods/fluids* | Home available foods/fluids | 17 | 85 |
| Mother’s breast milk | 12 | 60 | |
| Green leafy vegetables | 6 | 30 | |
| Potato boiled in cow’s milk | 3 | 15 | |
| Harmful foods/fluids* | Spicy and oily foods/fluids | 19 | 95 |
| Stale/rotten foods/fluids | 16 | 80 | |
| Hard foods/fluids | 8 | 40 | |
| Cold foods/fluids | 4 | 20 | |
| Beliefs toward prevention or management of diarrhea* | Modern biomedical | 18 | 90 |
| Traditional | 1 | 5 | |
| Modern plus traditional | 3 | 15 | |
| Barriers toward prevention or management of diarrhea* | Financial weakness | 15 | 75 |
| Lack of awareness | 16 | 80 | |
| Lack of place for defecation | 9 | 45 | |
| Distance of water source | 6 | 30 | |
| Distance of healthcare facilities | 8 | 40 | |
* The participants may have one or more views, thus the aggregate percentage may be more than 100%.
Ansari et al. BMC Research Notes 2012 5:576 doi:10.1186/1756-0500-5-576
