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  • Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision

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    McManus, Donald P
    Bieri, Franziska A
    Li, Yue-Sheng
    Williams, Gail M
    Yuan, Li-Ping
    Yang, Henglin
    Du, Zun-Wei
    Clements, Archie CA
    Steinmann, Peter
    Raso, Giovanna
    Yap, Peiling
    Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares
    Stewart, Donald
    Ross, Allen G
    Halton, Kate
    Zhou, Xiao-Nong
    Olveda, Remigio M
    Tallo, Veronica
    Gray, Darren J
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Stewart, Donald E.
    Ross, Allen G.
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    Background The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation. Periodic administration of benzimidazole drugs is the mainstay for global STH control but it does not prevent re-infection, and is unlikely to interrupt transmission as a stand-alone intervention. Findings We reported recently on the development and successful testing in Hunan province, PR China, of a health education package to prevent STH infections in Han Chinese primary school students. We have recently commenced a new trial of the ...
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    Background The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation. Periodic administration of benzimidazole drugs is the mainstay for global STH control but it does not prevent re-infection, and is unlikely to interrupt transmission as a stand-alone intervention. Findings We reported recently on the development and successful testing in Hunan province, PR China, of a health education package to prevent STH infections in Han Chinese primary school students. We have recently commenced a new trial of the package in the ethnically diverse Xishuangbanna autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and the approach is also being tested in West Africa, with further expansion into the Philippines in 2015. Conclusions The work in China illustrates well the direct impact that health education can have in improving knowledge and awareness, and in changing hygiene behaviour. Further, it can provide insight into the public health outcomes of a multi-component integrated control program, where health education prevents re-infection and periodic drug treatment reduces prevalence and morbidity. Keywords: Ascaris lumbricoides; Trichuris trichiura; Necator americanus; Ancylostoma duodenale; Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs); People's Republic of China; Health education; "Magic Glasses" video
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    Journal Title
    Parasites & Vectors
    Volume
    7
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-344
    Copyright Statement
    © 2014 McManus et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Medical microbiology
    Health promotion
    Microbiology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/63759
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