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

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

Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Schoolchildren in Malaysia

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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).

Re-infection rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques

Intensity rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques

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

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.