Importance In rural India, as in many developing countries, childhood mortality remains high
and the quality of health care available is low. Improving care in such settings, where most
health care practitioners do not have formal training, requires an assessment of the
practitioners' knowledge of appropriate care and the actual care delivered (the know-do
gap). Objective To assess the knowledge of local health care practitioners and the quality of
care provided by them for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural Bihar, India. Design …