Teachers as multipliers of knowledge about schistosomiasis: a possible approach for health education programmes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the past decade, Brazil has significantly reduced the prevalence of schistosomiasis through a combined effort of early treatment of infected people, expansion of basic sanitation infrastructure and educational measures. Despite these efforts, in some areas, prevalence of schistosomiasis exceeds 20% of the school population, who lack knowledge of the risks of the disease. Action can be taken in schools to empower this population about their health condition. This paper describes the role of the teacher as a multiplier of knowledge about schistosomiasis and proposes two different approaches to training these teachers.

Methods

This study used mixed methods to evaluate training of teachers and educational intervention with those teachers' pupils. Two training cours

SUBMITTER: Murta FLG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature