Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Children

NCT ID: NCT03930901

Last Updated: 2019-04-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1142 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-04-18

Study Completion Date

2018-08-31

Brief Summary

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A health education learning package (HELP) has been improved and evaluated for its impact against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. 13 schools were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

Detailed Description

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This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an improved health education learning package (HELP) against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. The package has been tested by a pilot study in 2013 among children in 2 schools in Pahang state.

In the current study, HELP package has been improved and children from 13 primary schools in 11 districts of six states in Peninsular Malaysia were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

The evaluation involved soil-transmitted helminth infections and intestinal protozoa infections.

Conditions

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Intestinal Parasitic Infections Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Two groups; intervention group that involved schools where HELP will be administered and control group that involved schools that will not receive health education.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. Then, health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), \& nail clipper).

Group Type OTHER

Health education learning package

Intervention Type OTHER

Health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), \& nail clipper).

Control

Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. They were follow up for 6 months.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Health education learning package

Health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), \& nail clipper).

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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HELP

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Grade 2 - 6
* Orang Asli ethnicity
* Schools exclusively for Orang Asli

Exclusion Criteria

* Grade 1
* Chronic sever diseases
* no consent
* schools for mixed population groups
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Malaya

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nabil Ahmed Mohammed Nasr

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

University of Malaya

Locations

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University of Malaya

Kuala Lumpur, , Malaysia

Site Status

Countries

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Malaysia

References

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Al-Delaimy AK, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Lim YA, Nasr NA, Sady H, Atroosh WM, Mahmud R. Developing and evaluating health education learning package (HELP) to control soil-transmitted helminth infections among Orang Asli children in Malaysia. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Sep 2;7:416. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-416.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25179100 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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202016000190-85

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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