Delayed effectiveness of home-based interventions in reducing childhood diarrhea, Karachi, Pakistan.

摘要: We introduced home drinking water disinfection and handwashing with soap in Karachi squatter settlements to evaluate their effect on diarrhea. In April 2000, 150 households received soap, 76 dilute bleach a storage vessel, were enrolled as controls. among wealthy enough own refrigerator, children that vessel had 73% lower incidence of diarrhea than controls; those 56% incidence. There was no reduction intervention without refrigerator. 2001, 71% 35% the interventions equally effective refrigerator did not. Both these home-based ultimately preventing diarrhea, but only slightly higher socioeconomic status changed behavior quickly benefit during first summer.