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The role of family size, employment and education of parents in the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in school children in Accra
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INTRODUCTION: Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) in school children are a public health problem in most developing countries. METHODS AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A cross sectional survey was conducted from May to July 2016 with school children living in overcrowded urban slums in Accra, Ghana. A simple random sample of 300 children aged 2-9 years was collected. The study used structured pre-tested questionnaire and stool tests to obtain information on epidemiological, sanitation habits, employment and education status of parents and children. Data were analysed using appropriate descriptive, univariate and multivariable logistic tools of analyses. The mean age of participants was 6.9 years and 49% were males and 51.3% were females. Giardia lamblia was found in males (10.95%) and females (7.79%). Very low prevalences for Schistosoma mansoni, Ascaris lumbricoides, Taenia species, and Entamoeba coli were detected. Whilst children from mothers (62.2%) and fathers (55.6%) with no education were often infected, a few children from fathers (22.2%) and mothers (6.7%) with no jobs were infected. Most of the infected children's (93.7%) parents did not have any knowledge of IPIs. The educational and employment status of the mothers [p = 1.0 and p = 0.422] was not significant, however, the family size was a predisposing factor (p = 0.031) for parasitic infections. CONCLUSIONS: Intestinal parasites were prevalent in children from overcrowded families and with no knowledge of IPIs. Educative programmes on IPIs, improving hygiene, and application of supportive programmes to elevate socioeconomic conditions may help reduce the burden of intestinal parasite carriage in children.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Forson, A. O., Arthur, I., & Ayeh-Kumi, P. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Corresponding author
- Forson, Akua Obeng
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2018-02-07
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- e0192303
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5802905
- OpenAlex
- W2787374460
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 5.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- University of Ghana
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasites and Host Interactions
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic infections in humans and animals
- Keywords
- intestinal parasitic infections, elementary school students, family size, parental employment, parental education, Giardia lamblia, urban slums, overcrowding, socioeconomic status, Accra
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Educational Status, Family Characteristics, Feces, Female, Ghana, Humans, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Male, Occupations, Parents, Prevalence
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