دورية أكاديمية
Helminthiasis and hygiene conditions of schools in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria.
| العنوان: | Helminthiasis and hygiene conditions of schools in Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria. |
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| المؤلفون: | Uwem Friday Ekpo, Simon Nnayere Odoemene, Chiedu Felix Mafiana, Sammy Olufemi Sam-Wobo |
| المصدر: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 2, Iss 1, p e146 (2008) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| الوصف: | BACKGROUND: A study of the helminth infection status of primary-school children and the hygiene condition of schools in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria was undertaken between November 2004 and February 2005 to help guide the development of a school-based health programme. METHODS AND FINDINGS: THREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED: two government-owned schools (one urban and the other rural) and one urban private school. No rural private schools existed to survey. A total of 257 schoolchildren aged 4-15 y, of whom 146 (56.8%) were boys and 111 (43.2%) were girls, took part in the survey. A child survey form, which included columns for name, age, sex, and class level, was used in concert with examination of stool samples for eggs of intestinal helminths. A school survey form was used to assess the conditions of water supply, condition of latrines, presence of soap for handwashing, and presence of garbage around the school compound. The demographic data showed that the number of schoolchildren gradually decreased as their ages increased in all three schools. The sex ratio was proportional in the urban school until primary level 3, after which the number of female pupils gradually decreased, whereas in the private school, sexes were proportionally distributed even in higher classes. The prevalence of helminth infection was 54.9% of schoolchildren in the urban government school, 63.5% in the rural government school, and 28.4% in the urban private school. Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent species, followed by Trichuris trichiura, Taenia species, and hookworm in the three schools. Prevalence of infection in the government-owned schools was significantly higher than in the private school (chi(2) = 18.85, df = 2, p |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1935-2727 1935-2735 |
| Relation: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2270794?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000146 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/43037f16cd8148f49b2cb6e8f3ccdf2a |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.43037f16cd8148f49b2cb6e8f3ccdf2a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 19352727 19352735 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000146 |