Effects of a post-deworming health hygiene education intervention on absenteeism in school-age children of the Peruvian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a leading cause of disability and disease burden in school-age children of worm-endemic regions. Their effect on school absenteeism, however, remains unclear. The World Health Organization currently recommends delivering mass deworming and health hygiene education through school-based programs, in an effort to control STH-related morbidity. In this cluster-RCT, the impact of a health hygiene education intervention on absenteeism was measured. From April to June 2010, all Grade 5 students at 18 schools in a worm-endemic region of the Peruvian Amazon were dewormed. Immediately following deworming, nine schools were randomly assigned to the intervention arm of the trial using a matched-pair design. The Grade 5 students attending intervention scho

SUBMITTER: Theriault FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4133165 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature