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Oral rehydration solutions in 'section 30' areas. A study in two farming districts in the southern Transvaal
1Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Six hundred and twenty-three black mothers of young children were interviewed on the white-owned farms on which they lived and/or worked in two magisterial districts of the southern Transvaal. Only 8% described an acceptable method of preparing oral rehydration solution (ORS). Of those mothers whose children had recently had diarrhoea, 5% had given ORS. Thirty-one per cent of mothers had litre containers, sugar and salt in their homes, while 84% had cups, sugar and salt. Recommendations are made about health education appropriate to the needs and the resources of black women living on farms.
Six hundred and twenty-three black mothers of young children were interviewed on the white-owned farms on which they lived and/or worked in two magisterial districts of the southern Transvaal. Only 8% described an acceptable method of preparing oral rehydration solution (ORS). Of those mothers whose children had recently had diarrhoea, 5% had given ORS. Thirty-one per cent of mothers had litre containers, sugar and salt in their homes, while 84% had cups, sugar and salt. Recommendations are made about health education appropriate to the needs and the resources of black women living on farms.