Determinants of two major early-childhood diseases and their treatment in the Philippines : findings from the 1993 national demographic survey

It focuses on three types of outcomes: the current morbidity status for ARI and diarrheal disease of children under age 5, the type of health-care services (if any) used by parents of an ill child, and the mother"s knowledge about and use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT). The objective is to identify the major social and economic determinants of these outcomes with a view toward improving health-care programs and, ultimately, children"s survival prospects. The results are presented under the thematic headings of social and economic development, "culture", family and gender relations, parental underinvestment in children, and situational factors. The report concludes with a discussion of the policy implications implicit in the study"s findings. (Author abstract)