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School-based Health Hygiene Education - 58% Lower Ascaris Lumbricoides Infection

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Strategy researched

A school-based health hygiene education intervention integrated into a general school deworming programme

Impact achieved [all hypperlinked]

The intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infection at follow-up was statistically significantly lower (by 58%) in children in intervention schools compared with children in control schools (adjusted incidence rate ratio (aIRR) = 0.42; 95% CI = 0.21-0.85). Intervention children scored significantly higher on all aspects of a test of soil-transmitted helminth (STH)-related knowledge compared with control children (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 18.4; 95% CI: 12.7-26.6).

Country of study

Peru

Research methodology

Cluster RCT

Journal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases; 2013

Journal paper title and link

Impact of Health Education on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Schoolchildren of the Peruvian Amazon: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Excerpt from Abstract

"A school-based health hygiene education intervention was effective in increasing STH knowledge and in reducing Ascaris lumbricoides infection. The benefits of school-based periodic deworming programs are likely to be enhanced when a sustained health hygiene education intervention is integrated into school curricula."