Emma L Winterlind, Samantha G Malone, Michael R Setzer, Mikela A Murphy, David Saunders, Joshua C Gray
N-acetylcysteine as a treatment for substance use cravings: A meta-analysis
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
even though childhood diarrhea treated simple treatment solution continues one leading causes underfive child mortality malnutrition globally resourcelimited settings subsaharan africa ssa combination oral rehydration salts ors zinc regarded effective treatment diarrhea however utilization low purpose study determine proportion associated factors coutilization ors zinc among underfive children diarrhea ssa proportion associated factors coutilization ors zinc among underfive children diarrhea ssa determined using secondary data analysis recent demographic health surveys dhs 35 ssa countries study included total 44341 underfive children diarrhea weighted samples generalized linear mixedeffects model robust error variance used variables included final model adjusted prevalence ratios apr 95 confidence intervals ci estimated model lowest deviance value considered bestfitted model pooled proportion coutilization ors zinc treatment diarrhea among five children ssa countries 4358 95 ci 4315 4401 sex child maternal age residence maternal educational employment status wealth index media exposure perceived distance health facility insurance coverage statistically significant determinants ors zinc coutilization treating diarrhea among five children ssa less half underfive children diarrhea ssa treated combination ors zinc thus strengthening information dissemination mass media communitylevel health education programs important scale utilization recommended combination treatment furthermore increasing health insurance coverage establishing strategies address community difficulty accessing health facilities also crucial improving use treatment