Dhaka Rohit, Verma Ramesh, Kumar Raj, Chayal Vinod, Bhalla Kapil, Singh Ranvir, Agrawal Ginni, Kumar Gopal
Department of Community Medicine, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Department of Pediatric, Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jun;8(6):1971-1975. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_278_19.
In the world, helminthiasis is the major public health problem in school-age children. More than 60 million school-age children live in intensively transmitted areas and they need immediate treatment and preventive interventions.
The study was conducted in the rural government schools of Block Beri, District Jhajjar (Haryana), India, and the study was descriptive and cross-sectional in design. The study recruited 300 school-going children in the age group of 6-10 years.
In this study, the mean age of subjects was 7.68 ± 1.467 years and prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths was 28.7%. The association between practice of hand washing and practice of washing fruits and vegetables with helminthic children were found statistically significant.
Impart health education among community through primary care physician about wash hands before eating food and after defecation, washed thoroughly raw and uncooked food before eating.
在全球范围内，蠕虫病是学龄儿童面临的主要公共卫生问题。超过6000万学龄儿童生活在蠕虫病高度传播地区，他们需要立即接受治疗和预防性干预措施。
该研究在印度哈里亚纳邦贾贾尔区贝里街区的农村公立学校开展，研究设计为描述性横断面研究。研究招募了300名6至10岁的学龄儿童。
在本研究中，受试者的平均年龄为7.68±1.467岁，土源性蠕虫的感染率为28.7%。研究发现，蠕虫感染儿童的洗手习惯与清洗水果和蔬菜的习惯之间存在统计学上的显著关联。
通过初级保健医生在社区中开展健康教育，告知人们饭前便后要洗手，食用的生熟食物要彻底清洗。
