Abstract:
Diarrhea is the leading cause of mortality among infants and children who are less
than 5 years of age in both the developing and undeveloped countries. This is a
cross-sectional study and focused on the causes linked to diarrheal diseases in
children under the age of five. The study was done at the gastroenterology
department of Dhaka Shishu Hospital located within Dhaka. Total 30 under-five years
old children patient participated in the study.
Maternal education, family income, child hand washing before feeding and various
other factors were investigated for their association with diarrheal cases. 43% of
children's mothers were illiterate or had primary level education. 90% of children's
mothers regularly washed hands but only 30% children washed hands with soap
before meals. Our findings indicate that personal grooming and kitchen hygiene
habits have a major impact on infant diarrhea. Diarrhea is associated with
contaminated water, unimproved sanitation facility, and poor hygiene level in. In this
project report, most of the child were under nutrition some mother were
malnourished .Most of the parents were illiterate.
