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A cross sectional study was designed to investigate the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among different groups of rural women in the northeast Thailand. The presence of chlamydial antigens in endocervical swabs was detected by ELISA. The prevalences of Chlamydia trachomatis were 6.8% (31/485), 5.2% (24/466) and 6.7% (12/179) in women attending antenatal, postpartum and family planning clinics respectively. The average prevalences of C. trachomatis among hospital-based and community-based women were 6.1% (67/1,103) and 3.6% (15/411) respectively. In addition, the prevalences of some pathogens including Candida albicans, Trichomonas vaginalis, Treponema pallidum and Neisseria gonorrhoea among hospital-based and community-based women were 14.2, 2.8, 0.7, 0.2 and 10.9, 5.1, 2.7, 0.0% respectively. It was concluded that C. trachomatis was a problem of woman's reproductive health.
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Infecciones por Chlamydia/epidemiología , Chlamydia trachomatis , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/epidemiología , Salud Rural/estadística & datos numéricos , Salud de la Mujer , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribución por Edad , Candidiasis Vulvovaginal/complicaciones , Candidiasis Vulvovaginal/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Chlamydia/sangre , Infecciones por Chlamydia/complicaciones , Infecciones por Chlamydia/diagnóstico , Infecciones por Chlamydia/inmunología , Estudios Transversales , Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática , Femenino , Gonorrea/complicaciones , Gonorrea/diagnóstico , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Vigilancia de la Población , Embarazo , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/sangre , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/diagnóstico , Complicaciones Infecciosas del Embarazo/inmunología , Prevalencia , Estudios Seroepidemiológicos , Sífilis/complicaciones , Sífilis/diagnóstico , Tailandia/epidemiología , Vaginitis por Trichomonas/complicaciones , Vaginitis por Trichomonas/diagnóstico , Frotis VaginalAsunto(s)
Nonoxinol/farmacología , Espermicidas/farmacología , Adulto , Química Farmacéutica , Estudios Cruzados , Femenino , Geles , Humanos , Masculino , Satisfacción del Paciente , PesariosRESUMEN
This study investigates the effects of socioeconomic and health programme factors on preventive and curative health behaviors and assesses the impact of preventive health behaviors on the incidence of diarrhoea among children under five years of age. Methodological approaches included focus groups to uncover local definitions of diarrhoeal disease, a baseline survey which collected data on maternal preventive health behaviors for 1,364 children, and a monitoring system which collected data on the incidence of diarrhoea and on maternal curative behaviors among the same group of children. Results indicate that socioeconomic status and exposure to health programmes showed significant relationships with selected maternal preventive behaviors. Children whose mothers washed their hands before breastfeeding, gave their child food immediately after cooking and warmed foods each time before meals had significantly lower proportions with diarrhoea than children of mothers who did not practice these behaviors, and 70 percent of the children with diarrhoea were exposed to high risk of severe dehydration and related health complications. Implications of these findings for health programmes are discussed.
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Diarrea/prevención & control , Higiene , Madres , Preescolar , Diarrea/epidemiología , Diarrea/terapia , Métodos Epidemiológicos , Familia , Femenino , Educación en Salud/métodos , Encuestas Epidemiológicas , Humanos , Lactante , Estado Nutricional , Factores Socioeconómicos , Tailandia , Abastecimiento de AguaRESUMEN
In Thailand, diarrhoeal diseases are among major community health problems. The relationship between nutrition status and the incidence and duration of diarrhoea was studied in a sample of 1,117 mothers and 1,364 children under the age of 5 years. The findings are reported and analysed.