PEDIATRICS Vol. 55 No. 3 March 1975, pp. 354-358
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Reduction of Gastroenteritis Morbidity in High-Risk Infants

Paul A. Nutting M.D.1, Charles R. Strotz M.D.1, Gregory I. Shorr M.D.1, and Lawrence E. Berg 1

1 Indian Health Service, Tucson, Arizona

A method of predicting infants at high risk for developing gastroenteritis was validated in a prospective study. The ability to predict a high-risk subset of the population is particularly important if risk can be reduced with preventive measures. Performance of a preventive educational task in the field by community health workers was associated with a significantly lower rate of morbidity from gastroenteritis among high-risk infants, while achieving no significant reduction among the average-risk group.

Submitted on May 7, 1973
Accepted on May 8, 1974




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