School-based health education targeting intestinal worms—further support for integrated control
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Bieri, Franziska A.; Li, Yue-Sheng; Yuan, Li-Ping; He, Yong-Kang; Gray, Darren J.; Williams, Gail M.; McManus, Donald P.
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Our report, which describes success in preventing soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Chinese schoolchildren through the use of a health education package that includes a 12-minute cartoon, ‘‘The Magic Glasses,’’ may thus prove timely. The results from the cluster randomized intervention trial, conducted in 38 rural Chinese schools and involving 1,718 children, showed that the videobased health education package had 50% efficacy in preventing new STH infections after...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Bieri, Franziska A. | |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Yue-Sheng | |
dc.contributor.author | Yuan, Li-Ping | |
dc.contributor.author | He, Yong-Kang | |
dc.contributor.author | Gray, Darren J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Gail M. | |
dc.contributor.author | McManus, Donald P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-01T23:40:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-01T23:40:30Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1935-2735 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/16194 | |
dc.description.abstract | Our report, which describes success in preventing soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in Chinese schoolchildren through the use of a health education package that includes a 12-minute cartoon, ‘‘The Magic Glasses,’’ may thus prove timely. The results from the cluster randomized intervention trial, conducted in 38 rural Chinese schools and involving 1,718 children, showed that the videobased health education package had 50% efficacy in preventing new STH infections after treatment [2]. This study established proof of principle that health education can indeed increase knowledge and change behavior, resulting in fewer intestinal worm infections. However, we have a ways to go before we can show broad application, and we appreciate that these findings will require further validation in other epidemiological and cultural settings. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by UBS Optimus Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland. FAB was a holder of a University of Queensland Research Scholarship, University of Queensland International Research Tuition Award, Australian Scholarships Endeavour Award and Queensland Institute of Medical Research Scholarship. DPM is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow. DJG is an Australian Research Council Fellow (DECRA). YSL is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. | |
dc.format | 3 pages | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.rights | © 2014 Bieri et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.source | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | |
dc.subject | adolescent | |
dc.subject | animals | |
dc.subject | child | |
dc.subject | communicable disease control | |
dc.subject | female | |
dc.subject | health education | |
dc.subject | health knowledge, attitudes, practice | |
dc.subject | helminthiasis | |
dc.subject | humans | |
dc.subject | intervention studies | |
dc.subject | intestinal diseases | |
dc.subject | male | |
dc.subject | schools | |
dc.title | School-based health education targeting intestinal worms—further support for integrated control | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 8 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03-13 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 060000 | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | U3488905xPUB679 | |
local.publisher.url | https://www.plos.org/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bieri, Franziska A, Queensland Institute of Medical Research,, Australia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Li, Yue-Sheng, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Yuan, Li-Ping, Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China | |
local.contributor.affiliation | He, Yong-Kang, Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Gray, Darren, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, CMBE Research School of Population Health, Natl Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, The Australian National University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Williams, Gail, University of Queensland, Australia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McManus, Donald P, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia | |
local.identifier.essn | 1935-2735 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 3 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | e2621 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 3) | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002621 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-10T08:42:18Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-84897432463 | |
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