Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Children
NCT ID: NCT03930901
Last Updated: 2019-04-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1142 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-04-18
2018-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
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).
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).
Control
Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. They were follow up for 6 months.
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).
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Orang Asli ethnicity
* Schools exclusively for Orang Asli
Exclusion Criteria
* Chronic sever diseases
* no consent
* schools for mixed population groups
8 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Malaya
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Nabil Ahmed Mohammed Nasr
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
Countries
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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.
Other Identifiers
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202016000190-85
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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