Effectiveness of a Post-deworming Education Intervention to Reduce Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Absenteeism in Grade 5 School-children in a Community of Extreme Poverty, Peruvian Amazon
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 1,101
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Soil-transmitted helminth re-infection (Ascaris, Trichuris, or Hookworm).
研究概览
简要总结
To efficiently control soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm), WHO, PAHO, and others recommend the inclusion of an education strategy in school-based deworming programs. However, the effectiveness of such a strategy on the rate of STH re-infection and on education indicators, such as absenteeism, remains to be fully understood. The proposed research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a post-deworming education intervention targeted to Grade 5 school children enrolled in Belén's schools using a cluster-randomized trial design. Results will be used to inform school-based deworming programs in Peru and other similar endemic areas in Latin America and, indeed, around the world.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Girls and boys enrolled in Grade 5 in eligible schools located in the Belén district of Iquitos, Peru. Eligible schools have a minimum of 10 boys and 10 girls enrolled in grade
- •Informed written consent obtained from the parents or legal guardian of the child.
- •Verbal assent from child.
排除标准
- •Parents (or guardians) refusing participation of their child.
- •Child who refuses to participate.
结局指标
主要结局
Soil-transmitted helminth re-infection (Ascaris, Trichuris, or Hookworm).
时间窗: 4 months post-deworming
次要结局
- Absenteeism rate.(During the first 4 months following deworming)
- Eggs per grams reduction rate.(4 months post-deworming)
- Weight gain (kg)(4 months post-deworming)
- Height gain (cm)(4 months post-deworming)