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Education Intervention to Reduce Helminth Infections and Absenteeism in Grade 5 School-children

NCT01085799 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1101

Last updated 2011-03-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To efficiently control soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm), WHO, PAHO, and others recommend the inclusion of an education strategy in school-based deworming programs. However, the effectiveness of such a strategy on the rate of STH re-infection and on education indicators, such as absenteeism, remains to be fully understood. The proposed research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a post-deworming education intervention targeted to Grade 5 school children enrolled in Belén's schools using a cluster-randomized trial design. Results will be used to inform school-based deworming programs in Peru and other similar endemic areas in Latin America and, indeed, around the world.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education Intervention

This is a health hygiene education strategy which encourages the pro-active role of both teachers and students and changes in attitudes and practices with the aim of keeping the level of parasite infection low, through increased knowledge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Theresa W. Gyorkos, PhD · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

  • Martín Casapía, MD, MPH · Asociación Civil Selva Amazónica

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2010-10-31

Countries

  • Peru

Study Locations

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Diseases

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