Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Conditions
Keywords
Intestinal Parasitic Infections, Soil-transmitted helminth infections, Health education
Brief summary
A health education learning package (HELP) has been improved and evaluated for its impact against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. 13 schools were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.
Detailed description
This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an improved health education learning package (HELP) against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. The package has been tested by a pilot study in 2013 among children in 2 schools in Pahang state. In the current study, HELP package has been improved and children from 13 primary schools in 11 districts of six states in Peninsular Malaysia were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention. The evaluation involved soil-transmitted helminth infections and intestinal protozoa infections.
Interventions
OTHERHealth education learning package
Health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), & nail clipper).
Sponsors
University of Malaya
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Two groups; intervention group that involved schools where HELP will be administered and control group that involved schools that will not receive health education.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Grade 2 - 6 * Orang Asli ethnicity * Schools exclusively for Orang Asli
Exclusion criteria
* Grade 1 * Chronic sever diseases * no consent * schools for mixed population groups
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Re-infection rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques | 6 months | Prevalence rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Intensity rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques | 6 months | Intensity rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education |
Countries
Malaysia
Outcome results
None listed