An anthropological study of knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to child diarrhea and specifically to ORS was carried out in Bangladesh. The purpose of the study was to help design a culturally-sensitive social marketing program. Information was gathered on indigenous classification of diarrheas, patterns of therapy recourse and diarrhea management, and understanding of dehydration symptoms as well as use and attitudes regarding ORS. Among the findings were that 58% of households sampled had tried ORS at least once; ORS was perceived as a medicine with several positive attributes; literacy was positively related to ORS use; and there were no significant cultural barriers to ORS adoption. © 1986.
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Green, E. C. (1986). Diarrhea and the social marketing of oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh. Social Science and Medicine, 23(4), 357–366. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(86)90078-X
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