Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intestinal Parasitic Infections; Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
• Interventions: Other: Health education learning package

• Registration Number: NCT03930901
• Lead Sponsor: University of Malaya

Brief Summary

A health education learning package (HELP) has been improved and evaluated for its impact against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. 13 schools were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

Detailed Description

This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an improved health education learning package (HELP) against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. The package has been tested by a pilot study in 2013 among children in 2 schools in Pahang state.

In the current study, HELP package has been improved and children from 13 primary schools in 11 districts of six states in Peninsular Malaysia were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

The evaluation involved soil-transmitted helminth infections and intestinal protozoa infections.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-04-18
• Primary Completion: 2017-11-15
• Study Completion: 2018-08-31
• Status Verified: 2019-04
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-04-26
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-29
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1142

Inclusion Criteria

• Grade 2 - 6
• Orang Asli ethnicity
• Schools exclusively for Orang Asli

Exclusion Criteria

• Grade 1
• Chronic sever diseases
• no consent
• schools for mixed population groups

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Health education learning package	Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. Then, health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), \& nail clipper).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Re-infection rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques	6 months	Prevalence rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intensity rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques	6 months	Intensity rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Malaya; 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia