Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Mothers on the Home Management of Diarrhea in the Northern Part of Cameroon Volume 1 - Issue 3

Andreas Chiabi¹*, Felicitee D Nguefack¹, Palma H Abouame², Seraphin Nguefack¹, Nelson S. Njedock¹, Edmond N Chiabi², Roland M Chiabi² and Marie T Obama²

• ¹FacuIty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon / Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Cameroon
• ²Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

Received: March 16,2018;   Published: March 23,2018

Corresponding author: Andreas Chiabi, Pediatric Unit, Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital / Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 4362, Yaounde, Cameroon

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Appendix : Scoring scales used to evaluate knowledge, practices and environment.

The total score is 24. Mothers who have a total knowledge score of 12 or more are considered to have sufficient knowledge. Mothers with a score less than 12 are considered to have insufficient knowledge.

Maximum score = 9. Mothers with a score ≤4 are said to have bad practices. Those with scores >4 were said to have good practices

The environment is considered favorable if the score = 2 and unfavorable if <2.