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    Maternal knowledge on causes and strategies in home management of childhood diarrhoea in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria., 2019) Onasoga, O.A; Afolayan, J.A; Owoeye, I.D; Umar, G.O
    Home management of childhood diarrhoea is the cornerstone to early recovery and prevention of complications associated with diarrhoea among under-five children in developing countries especially Nigeria. Hence, this study aimed to assess knowledge of mothers of under-five children on causes of childhood diarrhoea and the choice of treatment strategies adopted at home; since the management at the domestic level has significant impact on the health of the under-five children in resource poor countries like Nigeria. A descriptive cross sectional survey was used and purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample frame of 150 mothers using fisher’s formula. Data were collected using validated structured questionnaires. Data were analyzed using the statistical product for service solution (SPSS) version 21. The results were presented using both descriptive and inferential statistics with level of significance set at 0.05.The study revealed that most of the respondents were predominantly married with a mean age was 31years, minimum age of 17 years and maximum age of 51years. Majority of respondents 75.3% had adequate knowledge of the causes of childhood diarrhoea. All the respondents employed oral rehydration therapy (ORT) in management of childhood diarrhoea at home and the most frequently strategies used were homemade fluids, such as salt/water solution, Salt sugar solution (SSS), coconut juices and garri water. Despite the fact that majority 136 (90.7%) of the respondents claimed that they would recommend their intervention(s) to others, some misconceptions still exist about causes and home management of childhood diarrhoea among respondent.The study also revealed that there was no significant relationship between knowledge about causes of childhood diarrhoea and the choice of treatment strategies with p-value = 0.370 >0.05 and the choice of treatment strategies with p-value = 0.370 >0.05. It was recommended that health education on home management of childhood diarrhoea should be integrated into routine health education package for both antenatal and post-natal women in order to eradicate misconceptions and mortality due to childhood diarrhoea