School-age children'S knowledge and perceptions concerning Soil-transmitted Helminthiases and Targeted Preventive Chemotherapy in Ghana's Oti Region
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Background: The Ghana Neglected Tropical Diseases control program aimed to raise population awareness on soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and achieve a 100% coverage of preventive chemotherapy (PCT) by 2020. This study aims at determining the factors associated with the knowledge of school-age children and describing their perceptions at Krachi East Municipal in Ghana.
Patients and methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Children and their caregivers were selected from 8 communities following a two-stage stratified sampling. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were performed at a 5% significance level.
Results: 352 children and their caregivers were surveyed, mainly from Dambai (66.48%). The median age was 11 (IQR: 9-12) years and the children aged 7-14 years. About half of the children were males (53.13%) and most caregivers were females (66.48%). Most children perceived a benefit associated with PCT (94.89%). The proportion of children perceiving a health risk did not differ significantly from those not perceiving a risk (49.72% vs 50.28%; p=0.8802). In general, children had poor knowledge (91.19% vs 8.81%; p<0.0001). Good knowledge was associated with ethnic group [Guan: aOR=3.96 95%CI 1.11-14.12; p=0.034], child age [(11-12 years: aOR=6.05 95%CI 1.21-30.22; p=0.026); (13-14 years: aOR=8.19 95%CI 1.64-40.89; p=0.010)] and caregivers' sex (Female: aOR=2.97 95%CI 1.02-8.66; p=0.046) in the adjusted model.
Conclusion: Younger children and male caregivers seem to have low knowledge of intestinal worms and PCT. Therefore, they must get more attention regarding health education.
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E-Artikel |
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| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2 |
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| Enthalten in: |
Medecine tropicale et sante internationale - 2(2022), 2 vom: 30. Juni |
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Französisch |
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| Weiterer Titel: |
Connaissances et perceptions des enfants d’âge scolaire concernant les géo-helminthiases et la Chimiothérapie Préventive Ciblée dans la Région D'oti au Ghana |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Ouédraogo, Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé [VerfasserIn] |
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Ghana |
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Date Completed 04.08.2022 Date Revised 15.08.2022 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.48327/mtsi.v2i2.2022.236 |
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| 520 | |a Background: The Ghana Neglected Tropical Diseases control program aimed to raise population awareness on soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections and achieve a 100% coverage of preventive chemotherapy (PCT) by 2020. This study aims at determining the factors associated with the knowledge of school-age children and describing their perceptions at Krachi East Municipal in Ghana | ||
| 520 | |a Patients and methods: It was a cross-sectional study. Children and their caregivers were selected from 8 communities following a two-stage stratified sampling. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression were performed at a 5% significance level | ||
| 520 | |a Results: 352 children and their caregivers were surveyed, mainly from Dambai (66.48%). The median age was 11 (IQR: 9-12) years and the children aged 7-14 years. About half of the children were males (53.13%) and most caregivers were females (66.48%). Most children perceived a benefit associated with PCT (94.89%). The proportion of children perceiving a health risk did not differ significantly from those not perceiving a risk (49.72% vs 50.28%; p=0.8802). In general, children had poor knowledge (91.19% vs 8.81%; p<0.0001). Good knowledge was associated with ethnic group [Guan: aOR=3.96 95%CI 1.11-14.12; p=0.034], child age [(11-12 years: aOR=6.05 95%CI 1.21-30.22; p=0.026); (13-14 years: aOR=8.19 95%CI 1.64-40.89; p=0.010)] and caregivers' sex (Female: aOR=2.97 95%CI 1.02-8.66; p=0.046) in the adjusted model | ||
| 520 | |a Conclusion: Younger children and male caregivers seem to have low knowledge of intestinal worms and PCT. Therefore, they must get more attention regarding health education | ||
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