Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision.
Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision.
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DOI:
10.1186/1756-3305-7-344
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发表时间:
2014-07-24
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Gray DJ
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作者:
McManus DP;Bieri FA;Li YS;Williams GM;Yuan LP;Henglin Y;Du ZW;Clements AC;Steinmann P;Raso G;Yap P;Magalhães RJ;Stewart D;Ross AG;Halton K;Zhou XN;Olveda RM;Tallo V;Gray DJ
The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation. Periodic administration of benzimidazole drugs is the mainstay for global STH control but it does not prevent re-infection, and is unlikely to interrupt transmission as a stand-alone intervention. We reported recently on the development and successful testing in Hunan province, PR China, of a health education package to prevent STH infections in Han Chinese primary school students. We have recently commenced a new trial of the package in the ethnically diverse Xishuangbanna autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province and the approach is also being tested in West Africa, with further expansion into the Philippines in 2015. The work in China illustrates well the direct impact that health education can have in improving knowledge and awareness, and in changing hygiene behaviour. Further, it can provide insight into the public health outcomes of a multi-component integrated control program, where health education prevents re-infection and periodic drug treatment reduces prevalence and morbidity.
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影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Bieri FA;Li YS;Yuan LP;He YK;Gray DJ;Williams GM;McManus DP
通讯作者:
McManus DP
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Gunawardena, Kithsiri;Kumarendran, Balachandran;de Silva, Nilanthi
通讯作者:
de Silva, Nilanthi
影响因子:
8.1
作者:
Bieri, Franziska A.;Yuan, Li-Ping;Gray, Darren J.
通讯作者:
Gray, Darren J.
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Yap P;Du ZW;Chen R;Zhang LP;Wu FW;Wang J;Wang XZ;Zhou H;Zhou XN;Utzinger J;Steinmann P
通讯作者:
Steinmann P
影响因子:
158.5
作者:
Bieri, Franziska A.;Gray, Darren J.;McManus, Donald P.
通讯作者:
McManus, Donald P.