CONCEPT OF CAUSATION OF ILLNESS IN

CHLIDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE

PRESENTED BY GROUP 2
Dr Fariha,Dr Nazish,Dr Nelofar,Dr Fizza
Dr Hammad,Dr Rehan,Dr Mohabbat,Dr Ali
 INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVE ( perception of people regarding
causality of illness in children)
ABSTRACT
Qualitative study
In-depth Interviews
Semi Structured Questionnaire
Dialectical analysis,
Technique
BACKGROUND
 METHODOLOGY
STUDY DESIGN
Focused Ethnography
SAMPLE
Convenience purposive sampling
METHODOLOGY
Questionnaire
In-depth Interviews with parents
Transcripied Verbatim
DATA ANALYSIS

THEMES
SUBTHEMES

CATEGORIES

CODES

CONDENSATION

MEANING UNITS
 DATA ANALYSIS
CATEGORIES SUB-THEME THEME

Hygiene

Environmental factors
ENVIRONMENTAL
Socioeconomic status FACTORS • Environment
and practices
Supernatural /spiritual factors accounting to
Explained causality
Medical treatment preferences

Domestic//herbal treatment preferences

• Evil Eye accounting
Spiritual preferences to unexplained
causality
Familiar but unexpected events

EVIL EYE
 RESULTS
EXPALINED CONCEPTS OF ILLNESS
Environment
Hygiene
Food
Exposure to various weathers

FAMILIAR BUT UNEXPECTED EVENTS

Evil Eye
 DISCUSSION
CLEAR NO CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING
 Preferences of Treatment  EVIL EYE
 Medical Practices  cause
 Prolong illness
 Religious Practices
 FAMILIAR BUT
 DAMM
UNEXPECTED EVENTS
 Whole situation Complex  Downfall
 Implications for Future
Studies
 Strengths and limitation

• STRENGTHS • LIMITATIONS

 Qualitative Methodology  Time constraints

 Able to communicate  Lack of previous contact
 Field guides  Interruptions
 Being Doctor Researcher
 CONCLUSION

• Differing perceptions of health & lay perception

on definition of illness
• Implication for future research
• realize the actual logic or truth behind these
concepts of laymen.
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THANKS