Impact of Health Education on School Children

There is a sever lack in application of health education intervention for Soil Transmitted Disease (STH) in rural communities and in school children among Orang Asli in Pahang in Malaysia, and also there is a lack of information on the effect of different health education aspects on STH control in Malaysia, so the investigators think that introducing such new national educational package and for the first time in Malaysian's school will help children to make some behavior changes specially for the school children aiming to use these children as an educator agents to their families and preschool brothers and sisters, to build a base for this issue and to reduce STH intensity in these rural areas, which in turn will determine the best approach to health education intervention to be applied to other rural areas in Malaysia.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Intestinal Helminthiasis Adherence Interventions Ancylostomiasis Behavior Health Behavior Health Education Helminthiasis Hookworm Infections Infections Medication Adherence Nematode Infections Parasitic Diseases Patient Acceptance of Health Care Patient Compliance Secernentea Infections Strongylida Infections Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

5 year–14 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

National school of Pos Betau & NAtional school of Kuala Koyan

Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia

About this study

The World Health Organization established that infections with STH among school¬children cause malnutrition, intellectual retardation and cognitive and educational deficits.

Although school-based intervention specifically the deworming antihelminths drugs programme were introduced into school but still Orang Asli villages in Malaysia having a high intensity and higher prevalence rate for STH, therefore the objective of this article was to review other intervention means mainly the health education intervention into school children and rural community, where most of these studies concluded that health education intervention was successful in increasing knowledge and changing some of practices among people and children which in turn decreases the prevalence and intensity of the STH. Also we think applying such intervention in Malaysia would be a benefit to change knowledge and attitude towards STH, and it will be the first research study to be applied in this field.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Age:7-14
No evidence of concomitant chronic illness such as acute respiratory tract infections, mental retardation.

Exclusion criteria

Age over 15

Treatment and study plan

Health Education package

Other

Health Education package that covers key health messages about the proper personal hygiene practices will be given to school children in the intervention school. The package consisted of many items such as posters, comic book, song video, competitions, drawing activities, puppet show, etc.

Primary outcomes

1- The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the Orang Asli children living in the rural areas of Pahang and Selangor will be determined.

Time frame: 1-2 year

An open-label clinical trial will be carried out to investigate the impact of health package in controlling Soil Transmitted Disease (STH) infections among Orang Asli children in rural areas of Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia. After baseline screening for the eligibility of the children, all children will be screened for STH infections.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Malaya

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Health Education in Controlling Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis Among Orang Asli Schoolchildren

Important dates

Study start: 2012
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2013
First posted: Jul 16, 2012
Registry last updated: Jun 24, 2014

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.

Completed