617. CHECK 615:
ANY YES: What else was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?
ALL NO OR DK: What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?
RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN
PILL OR SYRUP
ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC OR ANTIMOTILITY) C
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP D
INJECTION
ANTIBIOTIC E
NON-ANTIBIOTIC F
UNKNOWN INJECTION G
(IV) INTRAVENOUS H
HERBAL MEDICINE I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ X
Categories
Value
Category
00
No
10
Yes
11
Yes, spontaneous
12
Yes, probed
97
Don't know
98
Missing
99
NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVZINC (H15E) indicates whether the child was given zinc to treat this illness.
The World Health Organization reports here [URL omitted from DDI.] that "Zinc supplementation has been found to reduce the duration and severity of diarrheal episodes and the likelihood of subsequent infections for 2-3 months."