Evidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection
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DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac044
Abstract: Abstract Background Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a formidable health risk to school-age children in resource-limited settings. Unfortunately, mass deworming campaigns have been derailed since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The present study… read more here.
Keywords: health; among schoolchildren; academic performance; infection ... See more keywords
The associations of socioeconomic status and social capital with gingival bleeding among schoolchildren
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DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12166
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the associations of gingival bleeding with individual and community social variables among schoolchildren. METHODS This cross-sectional study evaluated a representative, multistage, random sample of 1,134 12-year-old… read more here.
Keywords: among schoolchildren; social capital; gingival bleeding; socioeconomic status ... See more keywords
Development, validation and assessment of the test on knowledge about basic life support and use of automated external defibrillator among schoolchildren
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DOI: 10.1186/s13049-019-0683-6
Abstract: BackgroundEducating lay public can significantly strengthen the Chain of Survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest. Schoolchildren are an accessible population for learning basic life support (BLS) and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)… read more here.
Keywords: bls; knowledge; basic life; test ... See more keywords
Schistosoma mansoni and soil-transmitted helminths among schoolchildren in An-Nadirah District, Ibb Governorate, Yemen after a decade of preventive chemotherapy
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273503
Abstract: The Ministry of Public Health in Yemen continues the implementation of school and community–based preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel and albendazole for the control and elimination of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths (STH). The latest remapping to… read more here.
Keywords: among schoolchildren; schistosomiasis; soil transmitted; sth ... See more keywords
Pediculosis knowledge among schoolchildren parents and its relation with head lice prevalence.
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DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220210337
Abstract: Pediculosis mainly affects school-age children worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the knowledge of the parents and guardians of children in elementary schools in Niterói, Brazil, regarding pediculosis. Questionnaires were… read more here.
Keywords: pediculosis; among schoolchildren; prevalence; head ... See more keywords
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren in two Settings of Côte d’Ivoire
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DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030110
Abstract: Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease affecting more than 250 million people, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. In Côte d’Ivoire both Schistosoma haematobium (causing urogenital schistosomiasis) and Schistosoma mansoni (causing intestinal schistosomiasis) co-exist. This study aimed to… read more here.
Keywords: mansoni; risk factors; prevalence; among schoolchildren ... See more keywords
Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Hemoglobin Levels among Schoolchildren participating in a Deworming Program in Jakarta, Indonesia: A Cross-sectional Study
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DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2020.5153
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Deworming programs have had positive impacts on the incidence of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) and hemoglobin (Hb) levels among schoolchildren. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate effects of a deworming program on IPIs and… read more here.
Keywords: jakarta indonesia; among schoolchildren; study; levels among ... See more keywords
Risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren who participated in a case-control study in urban Uganda
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.49496
Abstract: Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5–17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was… read more here.
Keywords: factors asthma; among schoolchildren; asthma among; risk ... See more keywords