What mothers know: A study on the social meaning, and management practices of childhood diarrhea among the Aeta-Tayabas and Dumagat communities in Quezon Province

• Main Author: Paril-Sumilang, Nathalei V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Diarrhea in children—Philippines—Quezon Province; Aeta (Philippine people)—Health and hygiene; Child care—Philippines—Quezon Province; Medicine and Health Sciences; Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/6100; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_masteral/article/13041/viewcontent/CDTG004984_P.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

The meanings that people attached to a specific illness experience are greatly embedded on their ethnic beliefs. Hence, it is assumed that additions, modifications, or even alterations to such beliefs will influence their traditional views on illness and good health in general which could eventually...