Acute respiratory system: health seeking behavior of families in Barangay 24-C Poblacion, Davao City / Jomarie Ann Climaco, et al

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ABSTRACT: The study, Acute Respiratory System: Health seeking behavior of families in Barangay 24-C Poblacion, Davao City, by Jomarie Ann Climaco, Mary Charisse Dagdag, Melissa Ann Facundo, and Monica May Fernandez sought to describe the health-seeking behaviors of families, with 0-5 years old children diagnosed with ARI, towards acute respiratory infection (ARI) in terms of level of knowledge, attitudes towards health care providers and interpersonal relationships using survey methods. The data from this study is hoped to provide a better understanding of the prevalence of the disease despite several programs designed to prevent it thereby enabling health care providers with ideas that could help solve the problem of acute respiratory infection eventually decreasing the mortality and morbidity rates related to it in the area. This was conducted in Puroks 2,3, and 4 of Barangay. 24-C of Davao City. The major findings of the study are: the most common symptoms that are experienced by the children with ARI are having productive cough, fever and colds which are not usually persistent but last for more than one to one month; parents usually do self-medication as an action to relieve the symptoms of ARI; professional help is sought when the symptoms are still present for more than one week to one month; the usual medications they give to their children are antibiotics but they usually stop giving these medications symptoms are observed to be gone; most respondents learned about level of knowledge of respondents are generally moderate and they have a positive attitude to health care providers and services.