Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among Deneba Primary and Junior secondary Schoolchildren, North-central Ethiopia
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2016-09
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Addis Ababa University
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A cross-sectional study was conducted (between December 2015 and January 2016) to estimate
the prevalence of soil-transmitted -helminthic infections (STHI ) among Deneba primary school
children. A total of 384 children were recruited following the systematic - random sampling
technique. Of these, 36 (9.4%) were found positive for STH with 16(4.2%) Ascaris htmbricoides,
14(3.6%) Hymenolepis mm, 5( 1.3%) Enterobius vermicularis and 1(0.3%) Trichuris trichium.
Children who do not use latrine (AOR 0.14, 95% Cl 0.06-0.32, p 0.000), with no habit of premeal
hand -washing (AOR 0.20, 95% Cl : 0.08-0.49, p 0.00) and who carried dirty materials in
their fingernails (AOR 0.40, 95% Cl 0.21 -0.94 p 0.03) were at significantly higher risk of STHI.
The study demonstrated the public health impact of STHI in the study area.
Keywords : schoolchildren, Deneba , soil-transmitted -helminths, prevalence, risk factors
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schoolchildren, Deneba, soil-transmitted -helminths, revalence, risk factors