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Sustaining a hygiene education intervention to prevent and control geohelminth infections at schools in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Source :
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Pan American Journal of Public Health / Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública . Oct2015, Vol. 38 Issue 4, p344-346. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The World Health Organization currently recommends that school-based deworming programs include health hygiene education as a complementary measure. However, the sustainability and long-term impact of such hygiene education had yet to be assessed. In July 2012, this cross-sectional study was conducted in 18 primary schools in the Peruvian Amazon to gauge continuing adherence to a health hygiene education intervention introduced 2 years earlier to reduce soil-transmitted helminth infections. Due in large part to high teacher turn-over, only 9 of 47 (19.1%) teachers were still implementing the intervention. Health hygiene education interventions must, therefore, be designed to ensure sustainability in order to contribute to the overall effectiveness of school-based deworming programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10204989
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pan American Journal of Public Health / Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 112478091