ORGANIZATION
USAID
YEAR PUBLISHED
2006
DESCRIPTION
The Central Department of Population Studies at the Centre for Population Research and Training at Tribhuvan University conducted this study on behalf of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Social Marketing Plus for Diarrheal Disease Control: Point-of-Use Water Disinfection and Zinc Treatment (POUZN) project. The study’s objectives were to understand the attitudes, practices, and beliefs surrounding home management of childhood diarrhea; obtain feedback on the use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc tablets among caregivers of children under 5 years old; explore private-sector health providers’, pharmacists’, and pharmacist’s assistants’ experience advising their customers about childhood diarrhea and treatment methods; and inform the development of communication messages and a training curriculum that will encourage the correct use of zinc as a treatment for childhood diarrhea.