%0 Journal Article %T Maternal Traditional practice toward their Children Suffering from Diarrheal Disease %J Egyptian Journal of Health Care %I Ain Shams University, Faculty of Nursing %Z 1687-9546 %A IbrahimAbd Al-Moniem, Iman %A AbdElfatah Ali, Eman %A Mohamed Mohamed, Salma %D 2022 %\ 12/01/2022 %V 13 %N 4 %P 1139-1147 %! Maternal Traditional practice toward their Children Suffering from Diarrheal Disease %K diarrhea %K children %K Knowledge %K Traditional practice %R 10.21608/ejhc.2022.266948 %X Background: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death among under-5 years oldchildren as it Leads to loss of large amounts of fluids and essential electrolytes causingvarying degrees of dehydration and death Aim this study aimed to assess maternal traditionalreported practice toward their children suffering from diarrheal disease.Research design:descriptive design was used. Sample: A purposive sample composed from 120mothers accompanied with their children suffering from diarrheal disease Setting: Thisstudy was conducted in dehydration room in emergency department at children Hospitalaffiliated to Ain Shams University Hospitals Tools: three parts were used for data collection(1) predesigned questionnaire format, include the demographic characteristics of studiedmothers and their children suffering from diarrheal disease &physical and physiologicalcharacteristics of child from medical record. (2) Studied mothers knowledge about diarrhea(3):Studied mothers reported practice regarding management of diarrheal disease. Result:the mean age of studied mothers was 32.27± 6.94,more than one third of studied mothershad good level of total knowledge about diarrhea and less than one quarter of them had goodlevel of reported practice regarding management of diarrheal diseases for their children.Conclusions:This study reveals that there were positive correlation and highly statisticalsignificant between studied mothers 'total level of knowledge and their total reported practiceRecommendations: Educational program for mothers about the care that should be given tochildren suffering from diarrheal disease&providing brochures and booklets containingsimple information about important of breast feeding and knowledge regarding weaning anddanger signs of dehydration . %U https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_266948_37c19ae4e8ccc9d745f7400d556f4c87.pdf