Publication: Impact of health educational programmes on the prevalence of enterobiasis in schoolchildren in Thailand
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2005-03-01
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0022149X
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Helminthology. Vol.79, No.1 (2005), 61-65
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C. Nithikathkul, N. Akarachantachote, S. Wannapinyosheep, W. Pumdonming, M. Brodsky, Y. Sukthana Impact of health educational programmes on the prevalence of enterobiasis in schoolchildren in Thailand. Journal of Helminthology. Vol.79, No.1 (2005), 61-65. doi:10.1079/JOH2004272 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16223
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Impact of health educational programmes on the prevalence of enterobiasis in schoolchildren in Thailand
Abstract
Enterobiasis is a worldwide prevalent disease particularly in low income areas. The budget needed for the prevention, treatment and eradication of the disease has thus far frustrated the limited budgets of global public health systems. A study was undertaken to determine if education in addition to medical treatment of enterobiasis could make a difference to the rates of infection. A total of 777 children (399 male and 378 female) from 11 elementary schools in five districts of Samut Prakan Province, Thailand were examined between December 2000 and March 2002. In five of the 11 schools studied, medical treatments were applied, followed by a programme of educating the children in the prevention of infection. Children in the remaining six schools received medical treatment only. The study showed a decrease in infections among children who received supplementary education. This decrease was significant in comparison to the decrease shown among children who received medical treatment only. The study therefore showed that educating high risk individuals played a key role in the prevention of enterobiasis. © CAB International, 2005.