Prevalence of Diarrhea and Associated Factors Among Children Below Five Years at Ishaka Adventist Hospital – Bushenyi District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION........................................................................................................................... 1

SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL...................................................................................................... 2

DEDICATION.................................................................................................................................. 4

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS. ........................................................................................................... 5

ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................................... 8

1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 9

Background ................................................................................................................................... 9

1.2 Problem statement ................................................................................................................. 10

1.3 Study Justification ................................................................................................................. 10

1.4.0 Broad objective................................................................................................................... 11

1.4.1 Specific Objectives ............................................................................................................. 11

1.5 Research questions................................................................................................................. 11

1.6 Conceptual framework. .......................................................................................................... 12

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................... 13

2.0 Introduction: .......................................................................................................................... 13

2.1 Background: .......................................................................................................................... 13

2.2 Knowledge on diarrhea diseases............................................................................................. 14

2.3 Predisposing factors to diarrhoeal diseases............................................................................. 14

2.4 Prevalence of diarrhea diseases. ............................................................................................. 15

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................... 16

3.0 Introduction. .................................................................................................................... 16

3.1 Study area.............................................................................................................................. 16

3.2 Study population.................................................................................................................... 16

3.3 Study design .......................................................................................................................... 16

3.4 Sample size determination ..................................................................................................... 17

3.5 Sampling procedure ......................................................................................................... 17

3.6 Study Variables................................................................................................................ 18

3.6.1 Dependent variable....................................................................................................... 18

3.6.2 Independent variable. ................................................................................................... 18

3.8 Data collection techniques................................................................................................ 18

3.9 Data Quality control......................................................................................................... 18

3.10 Ethical Consideration ....................................................................................................... 18

3.11 Study analysis. ................................................................................................................. 18

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3.10 Study limitations...................................................................................................................... 18

CHAPTER FOUR: FINDINGS ....................................................................................................... 19

4.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 19

4.1 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDENTS......................... 19

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS................... 27

5.0 DISCUSSION....................................................................................................................... 27

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................................................... 30

References...................................................................................................................................... 32

APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................ 34

Appendix I: Consent form............................................................................................................ 34

APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE............................................................................................. 35

APPENDIX V: THE MAP OF BUSHENYI AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE

STUDY SITE. ............................................................................................................................. 42

APPENDIX VI: MAP OF UGANDA .......................................................................................... 43