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Item Control of Parasitic Diseases through School-based Health Education and Deworming: A five years activities in Ada-Foah, Ghana. X European Multicolloquium of Parasitology – EMOP 10 Paris(France CN, pp. 103-107, 2008) Bosompem, K.A.; Wilson, M.D.; Anyan, W.K.; Awazawa, T.; Hanafusa, D.; Boakye, D.A.; Appawu, M.A.; Ayi, I.; Boamah, D.; Asigbee, J.K.; Quartey, J.K.; Ogiwara, H.; Ohta, N.; Ofori-Adjei, D.; Nyarko, A.; Takeuchi, T.KAP and parasitological surveys were conducted (in 2002, 2005 and 2007) among primary school children in the model site of West African Centre for International Parasite Control (WACIPAC) in Ghana. School-based health intervention was used as a means of controlling Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) and Schistosomiasis. Comprehensive health promoting activities, including health education and mass deworming was conducted in all 10 primary schools in communities in the area. The KAP study showed that hygienic and de-worming practices and knowledge about de-worming had improved. Par asitlogical surveys also showed that the prevalence of both STH and schistosomiasis decreased sharply over the 5 years. Interestingly, knowledge related to the causes and transmission of parasitic diseases did not show improvement.Item School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers(Malaria Journal, 2010) Ayi, I.; Nonaka, D.; Adjovu, J.K.; Hanafusa, S.; Jimba, M.; Mizoue, T.; Bosompem, K.A.; Takeuchi, T.; Boakye, D.A.; Kobayashi, J.Background: School children have been increasingly recognized as health messengers for malaria control. However, little evidence is available. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of school-based malaria education intervention on school children and community adults. Methods: This study was conducted in the Dangme-East district of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, between 2007 and 2008. Trained schoolteachers designed participatory health education activities and led school children to disseminate messages related to malaria control to their communities. Three schools and their respective communities were chosen for the study and assigned to an intervention group (one school) and a control group (two schools). Questionnaire-based interviews and parasitological surveys were conducted before and after the intervention, with the intervention group (105 children, 250 community adults) and the control group (81 children, 133 community adults). Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were used to analyse differences in knowledge, practices, and parasite prevalence between pre- and post-intervention. Methods: This study was conducted in the Dangme-East district of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, between 2007 and 2008. Trained schoolteachers designed participatory health education activities and led school children to disseminate messages related to malaria control to their communities. Three schools and their respective communities were chosen for the study and assigned to an intervention group (one school) and a control group (two schools). Questionnaire-based interviews and parasitological surveys were conducted before and after the intervention, with the intervention group (105 children, 250 community adults) and the control group (81 children, 133 community adults). Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were used to analyse differences in knowledge, practices, and parasite prevalence between pre- and post-intervention. Results: After the intervention, the misperception that malaria has multiple causes was significantly improved, both among children and community adults. Moreover, the community adults who treated a bed net with insecticide in the past six months, increased from 21.5% to 50.0% (p < 0.001). Parasite prevalence in school children decreased from 30.9% to 10.3% (p = 0.003). These positive changes were observed only in the intervention group. Conclusions: This study suggests that the participatory health education intervention contributed to the decreased malaria prevalence among children. It had a positive impact not only on school children, but also on community adults, through the improvement of knowledge and practices. This strategy can be applied as a complementary approach to existing malaria control strategies in West African countries where school health management systems have been strengthened.Item School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers(2010-04-18) Ayi, I.; Nonaka, D.; Adjovu, J.K.; Hanafusa, S.; Jimba, M.; Bosompem, K.M.; Mizoue, T.; Takeuchi, T.; Boakye, D.A.; Kobayashi, J.Abstract Background School children have been increasingly recognized as health messengers for malaria control. However, little evidence is available. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of school-based malaria education intervention on school children and community adults. Methods This study was conducted in the Dangme-East district of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, between 2007 and 2008. Trained schoolteachers designed participatory health education activities and led school children to disseminate messages related to malaria control to their communities. Three schools and their respective communities were chosen for the study and assigned to an intervention group (one school) and a control group (two schools). Questionnaire-based interviews and parasitological surveys were conducted before and after the intervention, with the intervention group (105 children, 250 community adults) and the control group (81 children, 133 community adults). Chi-square and Fisher's Exact tests were used to analyse differences in knowledge, practices, and parasite prevalence between pre- and post-intervention. Results After the intervention, the misperception that malaria has multiple causes was significantly improved, both among children and community adults. Moreover, the community adults who treated a bed net with insecticide in the past six months, increased from 21.5% to 50.0% (p < 0.001). Parasite prevalence in school children decreased from 30.9% to 10.3% (p = 0.003). These positive changes were observed only in the intervention group. Conclusions This study suggests that the participatory health education intervention contributed to the decreased malaria prevalence among children. It had a positive impact not only on school children, but also on community adults, through the improvement of knowledge and practices. This strategy can be applied as a complementary approach to existing malaria control strategies in West African countries where school health management systems have been strengthened.