In rural Indonesia social marketing of oral rehydration salts the mothers' perspective

Hygie. 1989 Dec;8(4):26-31.

Abstract

The Indonesia Health Department has been intensifying efforts to increase mothers' access to and use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) for the last several years. The approach utilizes a social marketing perspective to persuade the parents. This report describes the results of two consecutive field interventions using this approach. The first utilized a combination of public sector and commercial sector resources. The second used the public sector alone.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diarrhea, Infantile / therapy*
  • Electrolytes*
  • Health Education
  • Health Promotion
  • Humans
  • Indonesia
  • Infant
  • Marketing of Health Services*
  • Mothers / education
  • Rural Population*

Substances

  • Electrolytes
  • ORALIT