Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among Deneba Primary and Junior secondary Schoolchildren, North-central Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mamo Hassen (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wodajneh Zerrebework | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-18T08:18:46Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:22:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-18T08:18:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:22:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/9220 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | schoolchildren | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deneba | en_US |
| dc.subject | soil-transmitted -helminths | en_US |
| dc.subject | revalence | en_US |
| dc.subject | risk factors | en_US |
| dc.title | Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections Among Deneba Primary and Junior secondary Schoolchildren, North-central Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |