Perceived Causes of Illness Among Infants and Young Children in Bangladesh: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
These findings illustrate that child illness results from complex interactions between individual, socio-cultural, economic, and environmental causes. Potential interventions can address these multifaceted causes through comprehensive approaches including caregiver education, maternal empowerment strategies, economic support programs, and household environment improvements.
Authors
- Ayako Sumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-650X)
- Akash Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2008-3612)
- Md. Fakhar Uddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-331X)
- Shariffah Suraya Syed Jamaludin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6284-5143)
- Mohammod Jobayer Chisti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9958-3071)
- Nur Alam
- Mubassira Binte Latif
Institutions
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (MY)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-10-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13202627
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00