Knowledge and Barriers to Use of Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Solution and Zinc Supplementation in the Management of Childhood Diarrhea Among Primary Health Care Providers in Imo State, Nigeria

Low-Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Solution (L-ORS) and zinc supplementation remain the recommended gold standard for management of childhood diarrhoea. However, since 2005, there has been little or no progress in increasing use L-ORS children under 5 years with The study, therefore, assessed knowledge barriers to low osmolarity ORS among primary healthcare providers. study was a descriptive cross-sectional design carried out health care providers working government-owned centres across 27 LGAs Imo State Nigeria. A pre-tested structured questionnaire used collect data from randomly selected 340 Data analysed using statistics chi-square test. Out who participated higher proportion respondents demonstrated moderate level (75.86%), which reflected their extent Major contributing suboptimal included poor availability (85.9%), limited training re-training workers (60.9%) communication current public trends (81.5%). Findings also indicated that on - cadre were significantly associated zinc: p-value 0.01, < 0.01 respectively. Despite zinc, still remained identifiable gaps key factors underlying hence is need continuous programs improve skillsets towards promoting sustainable Low Zinc