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September 5, 2025Monaldi Archives for Chest DiseaseOpen Access

Treatment practices of childhood pneumonia: the perspective of caregivers. A community-based study in West Bengal

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SRS. Gokul RajSPSarika PalepuABArkapal Bandyopadhyay

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Overview

Community-based study reveals treatment practices for pneumonia in children, highlighting caregiver roles.

Key Points

  • About 41% of children experienced pneumonia in the last 6 months, with treatment availed by all.
  • A majority sought treatment from private practitioners (62.2%), while 25.61% used government facilities.
  • Home remedies were used by 90% of families, with traditional herbs being the most common at 42.5%.
  • Quality of caregiving knowledge was satisfactory, highlighting significant associations with childhood pneumonia risk factors.

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Raj et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23a74b210217d6477ffbahttps://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2025.3150
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