Diarrhoea and dengue control in rural primary schools in Colombia

Conditions

Diarrhoea and dengue Infections and Infestations Other and unspecified gastroenteritis of infectious origin

Diana Sarmiento, María Inés Mátiz, Sandra Vargas‐Cruz, Juan Felipe Jaramillo, Víctor Alberto Olano et al. (9 authors)

PLoS neglected tropical diseases2022-12-278 citations

10.1371/journal.pntd.0010985

A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Diarrheal Disease and Dengue Entomological Risk Factors in Rural Primary Schools in Colombia

Hans J. Overgaard, Neâl Alexander, María Inés Mátiz, Juan Felipe Jaramillo, Víctor Alberto Olano et al. (9 authors)

PLoS neglected tropical diseases2016-11-0740 citations

10.1371/journal.pntd.0005106

Diarrhea and dengue control in rural primary schools in Colombia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Overgaard HJ, Alexander N, Mátiz MI, Jaramillo JF, Olano VA, Vargas S, Sarmiento D, Lenhart A, Seidu R, Stenström TA.

2012-10-0311 citations

10.1186/1745-6215-13-182

Interventions

Schools, stratified by municipality, are randomized to 1 of 4 study arms: diarrhoea, dengue, combined diarrhoea/dengue interventions, and control. 1. Diarrhoea 1.1. Dr

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Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Schools: 1.1. All rural primary schools, with grades 1-5, within the boundaries of La Mesa and Anapoima municipalities, Tequendama province, Cundinamarca department, Colombia 1.2. Written consent of the school principal to participate 1.3. Schools included will not be already involved in any diarrhoeal or dengue control program 2. Pupils: 2.1. All pupils in grades 1-5 in all selected rural schools (name and class of each pupil will be recorded) 2.2. Both assent from the pupil, and written consent from a parent or guardian is needed for children to participate in the trial 2.3. Newly enrolled children will participate (open cohort)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Schools: 1.1. Schools that are considered logistically impractical to manage 1.2. Large rural schools (colegios, with > 100 pupils and > five grades) 1.3. Those which are inaccessible or closed 1.4. Schools not wishing to participate 2. Pupils: 2.1. Pupils without either assent or consent 2.2. Temporary visitors to the study areas 2.3. Outgoing pupils (open cohort)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Diarrhoea interventions: Incidence rate of diarrhoea in school children (from school absence registers and parental confirmation) Dengue interventions: 1. The Breteau index (number of containers positive of Aedes aegypti immatures /100 schools) 2. Number of adult Aedes aegypti per school Follow-up data collections at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Number of pupil absence episodes and days absent due to diarrhoea (from school absence registers and parental confirmation by telephone confirmation) 2. Number of pupil absence episodes and days due to probable dengue causes (from school absence registers, parents? telephone confirmation, and health clinic confirmation). Probable cases defined based on Colombian national criteria. 3. Number of pupil absence episodes and days absent due to all-cause illness, measured by school absence registers 4. Values of a selected set of drinking water quality parameters, measured by surveys of drinking water parameters in schools. 5. Values of calculated knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) scores, measured by questionnaires. Follow-up data collections at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months (data for points 1-3 will be recorded daily and collected weekly).	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Number of pupil absence episodes and days absent due to diarrhoea (from school absence registers and parental confirmation by telephone confirmation) 2. Number of pupil absence episodes and days due to probable dengue causes (from school absence registers, parents? telephone confirmation, and health clinic confirmation). Probable cases defined based on Colombian national criteria. 3. Number of pupil absence episodes and days absent due to all-cause illness, measured by school absence registers 4. Values of a selected set of drinking water quality parameters, measured by surveys of drinking water parameters in schools. 5. Values of calculated knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) scores, measured by questionnaires. Follow-up data collections at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months (data for points 1-3 will be recorded daily and collected weekly).

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Countries

Colombia, Norway

Outcome results

None listed