Prevalence and Associated Risk of Pneumonia in Under Five Years Children of Afghan Refugees at Khurasan Camp in Peshawar

Abstract

Pneumonia is a severe form of acute lower respiratory infection responsible for high preventable morbidities and mortality amongst under five-year child. Many risk factors and barriers for care seeking, influencing the prevalence of pneumonia. The main objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of pneumonia and associated risk factors in under five children in Khurasan Camp Peshawar. It was quantitative research; survey research method was adopted, employing the questionnaire as an instrument of data collection. A sample of 190 respondents were selected through convenience sampling technique. Statistical analysis of the data was done through SPSS. Prevalence of pneumonia was 59.5% and significance level age and general health of the children(p = 0.000), significance level of baby has Pneumonia and polluting fuel using at home (p = 0.000), baby has Pneumonia and clean fuel using at home (p = 0.000),significance level ofbaby has Pneumonia and clean fuel using at home (p = 0.000), were significantly associated with occurrence of pneumonia.Baby has Pneumonia and Father is smoker (p = 0.794it was determined that there was a no association between the two variables. High prevalence of pneumonia and its association with different preventable risk factors needs to be addressed. Different community based intervention can be implemented to reduce these preventable morbidities.