Control of urinary schistosomiasis on Zanzibar (Unguja Island): a pilot evaluation of the educational impact of the Juma na Kichocho health booklet within primary schools.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 101 Suppl 1: 119-24, 2006 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-17308758
To improve health education within primary schools, the health education booklet "Juma na kichocho" was evaluated during a study within 5 schools using key-informant questionnaires that recorded children's knowledge and attitude (KA) towards schistosomiasis before and after daily structured-use of booklets. A total of 229 schoolchildren (114 boys : 115 girls) of between 11 and 15 years of age were interviewed and re-assessed after a working school week. Existing and putative booklet-induced changes in KA scores for schistosomiasis were compared directly against equivalent KA scores for malaria. In total 47.4% of children were already aware that schistosomiasis was a water-borne disease while only 10.5% knew of its exact aetiology; after booklet intervention these levels increased to 54.6 and 15.7%, respectively. The majority of children still failed, however, to realise that re-infection could take place soon after treatment. While a positive increase was observed for children's total KA questionnaire scores for both malaria and schistosomiasis after booklet intervention, these were not statistically significant. In the context of control, further educational efforts are needed to promote and guide behavioural change, especially in relation to reduction of environmental water contact.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Folhetos
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Serviços de Saúde Escolar
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Esquistossomose Urinária
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Educação em Saúde
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Água Doce
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil