Price Amy, Verma Arpana, Welfare William
University of Manchester Medical School
Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Institute of Population Health, Stopford Building, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Apr;109(4):239-44. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trv008. Epub 2015 Feb 10.
An estimated 129 million people are infected with urogenital schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. Current control recommendations endorse mass administration of praziquantel. Health education is an important component of effective schistosomiasis prevention and control, but there has been limited research on its effectiveness. This paper reviews the effectiveness of health education as an intervention in the prevention and control of urogenital schistosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. The outcomes of interest were prevalence, incidence or transmission of schistosomiasis, behaviour change associated with infection, or changes in knowledge of the disease. The findings from this review suggest that health education has a beneficial impact on knowledge and understanding of schistosomiasis within the target groups. However, further research is needed due to the poor quality of the included studies.
据估计，撒哈拉以南非洲地区有1.29亿人感染了泌尿生殖系统血吸虫病。目前的防控建议支持大规模施用吡喹酮。健康教育是有效预防和控制血吸虫病的重要组成部分，但关于其有效性的研究有限。本文综述了健康教育作为撒哈拉以南非洲地区泌尿生殖系统血吸虫病预防和控制干预措施的有效性。感兴趣的结果是血吸虫病的流行率、发病率或传播情况、与感染相关的行为变化或对该疾病认识的变化。该综述的结果表明，健康教育对目标群体中血吸虫病的知识和理解有有益影响。然而，由于纳入研究质量较差，仍需要进一步研究。
