Factors associated with the transmission of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among schoolchildren
Keywords:
soil-transmitted helminthiasis, parents’
Abstract
Background Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is an importantpublic health problem in Indonesia.
Objective To find out factors influencing the transmission of STH
in two different communities in North Sumatera, Indonesia.
Methods A cross sectional study was done on 96 primary school
children in Suka village (located on a mountain area) and 96 pri-
mary school children in Pantai Cermin village (a coastal area). Sub-
jects were recruited by simple random sampling. Kato Katz and
centrifuge floatation methods were used for stool and soil exami-
nations, respectively. Data were collected by interviewing parents
of children using a questionnaire and were analyzed using chi–
square test by SPSS program version 11.0.
Results There was no difference in the prevalence of STH in both
villages (p>0.05). Parents’ knowledge and economic status had
significant relationships with the prevalence of STH in Suka vil-
lage (p<0.05), but not in Pantai Cermin (p>0.05). In both villages,
parents’ education did not have a significant relation with STH,
while there were significant relations between STH and hygiene,
environment, or soil contamination by worm eggs (p<0.05).
Conclusion There were significant relationships between hygiene,
environment, or soil contamination and the prevalence of STH in
the two villages.
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2 nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1994. p. 391-4.
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di Indonesia. Presented at Simposium Sehari Peran
Serta Masyarakat dalam Usaha Penanggulangan
Penyakit Kecacingan; 1994 Nov 26; Medan, Indone-
sia. Medan; FK USU; 1994. p. 1-5.
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lingkungan dan status gizi anak sekolah yang menderita
askariasis. Maj Parasitol Ind 1989;2:97-100.
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terhadap perkembangan telur Trichuris trichiura. Maj
Parasitol Ind 1998;11:1-8
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improved water supply and sanitation on diarrhea,
dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomia-
sis and trachoma. Bull World Health Organ
1991;69:609.
8. De Silva NR, Jayapani VP, De Silva Hj. Sosioecnomic
and behavioral factor affecting the prevalence of
geohelminths in preschool children. Southeast Asian
J Trop Med Public Health 1996;27:36-42.
9. Sorensen E, Ismail M, Amarasinghe DK, Hettiarachchi
I, Dassenaieke DE. The effect of the availability of la-
trines on soil-transmitted nematode infections in the
plantation sector in Srilanka. Am J Trop Med Hyg
1994;51:36-9.
10. Rahman WA. Helminthic infections of urban and ru-
ral school children in Penang Island, Malaysia: impli-
cations for control. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub-
lic Health 1998;29:596-8.
11. Freij L, Gunnar W, Meeuwisse GW, Berg NO, Wall S,
Medhin MG. Ascaris and malnutrition. A study in
urban Ethiopian children. Am J Clin Nutr
1979;32:1545-53.
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editor. Hunter’s tropical medicine and emerging infec-
tious diseases. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company;
1988. p. 713-25.
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mitted helminthiasis di Ambarita- Pangurunan Pulau
Samosir. Study report. Medan: FK USU; 1999. p. 3-11.
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prevalence of trichuris, ascaris and hookworm infec-
tion in Orang Asli children. Southeast Asian J Trop
Med Public Health 1997;28:161-8.
15. Savioli, Bundy D,Tomkins A. Intestinal parasitic in-
fections a soluble public health problem. Trans R Soc
Trop Med Hyg 1992;86:353-4.
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2016-10-10
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Firmansyah I, Ginting S, Lubis M, Lubis I, Pasaribu S, Lubis C. Factors associated with the transmission of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among schoolchildren. PI [Internet]. 10Oct.2016 [cited 20Apr.2024];44(4):127-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/750
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