Enteroparasitosis in children of a creche in the city of assis: before and after educational campaigns

• Autor(a) principal: Ludwig, Karin Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/23158
• topic: enteroparasitosis; creche; prophylaxis; educational campaigns; Assis; enteroparasitoses; creche; profilaxia; campanhas educativas; Assis

Intestinal parasitosis are related to sanitary conditions, and children make up a group with high frequency of enteroparasitosis. The aim of this study was to survey the prevalence of enteroparasites in children of a creche in the city of Assis-SP, along with educational campaigns on prophylactic methods. Methods – Stool analyses were carried out by using Hoffman, Pons and Janer, and Faust methods. The first analysis was performed on 136 children of the creche. In the second stage of the work, sanitary and prophylactic educational campaigns were conducted among the parents and children of the creche and, after that, there was a second stool collection and analysis. Results - The overall level of parasitosis was 27.9%. There was a higher incidence in the age group of 2-6 year-olds, mainly in the age group of 5 to 6 year-olds. Sanitary and prophylactic educational campaigns were carried out among the parents, staff and children of the creche. In the second collection there was a decrease in incidence of 11.8%. Conclusions - It was concluded that educational campaigns are of great importance, but they need to be integrated into a continuous awareness process in order to control and fight enteroparasitosis.