Impact of a health educational interventional program on reducing the head lice infestation among pupils in an elementary school of a sub-tropical region

Abstract Background Pediculosis is an important social challenge that can be caused by human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. This infestation is cosmopolitan, especially in countries with low hygiene and sanitation. Regular health education classes for students and their parents are required to reducing this infestation in schools and families. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a health education intervention program on reducing of head lice among pupils of an elementary school. Methods In a case-control study, a total of 594 pupils, a girl elementary school, were screened for pediculosis (2015–2016). Interventions were applied in two steps, pediculosis cases eradication and training-oriented prevention program. Visual inspection was applied for initial diagnosis of infection. The suspected cases were confirmed by wood lamp examination and potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopic wet-mount examination. An elementary school in the same area was selected as the control group, with no interference. The prevalence of contamination by the same method was obtained in the study group. Results At the beginning of study, the overall prevalence of pediculosis among pupils was 8.4% (49/594). The mean age in all pupils was 9.86 ± 1.83 years old and the most infestation was showed in fourth-grade students with 10 years old. Analysis of statistics demonstrated a significance difference between having infestation and the number of members in the families. The interventions led to a significant increase of parenting knowledge on prevention program of pediculosis (p-value < 0.001), and a decreased prevalence of pediculosis in pupils to 3% (8/594) (p-value < 0.05). Conclusions The prevalence of pediculosis was significantly reduced following the interventions in the school. The applied interventions may be implemented in other residual centers to get rid of this important infestation.

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Impact of a Health Educational Interventional Program on Reducing the Head Lice Infestation Among Pupils in an Elementary School of a Sub-Tropical Region

10.21203/rs.3.rs-386348/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mohsen Najjari ◽

Mohammad Amin Gorouhi ◽

Hossein Zarrinfar ◽

Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash ◽

Jamshid Jamali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Health Education ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Head Louse ◽

Control Group ◽

Tropical Region ◽

P Value ◽

Head Lice ◽

Post Intervention ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background: Pediculosis is an important social challenge that can be caused by human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. This infestation is cosmopolitan, especially in countries with low hygiene and sanitation. Regular health education classes for students and their parents are required to reducing this infestation in schools and families. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a health education intervention program on reducing of head lice among pupils of an elementary school.Methods: In a pre-post study, a total of 594 pupils, a girl elementary school, were screened for pediculosis (2017-2018). The prevalence of pediculosis estimated before and after two month interventional education program. Visual inspection was applied for initial diagnosis of infection. The suspected cases were confirmed by wood lamp examination and potassium hydroxide (KOH) microscopic wet‐mount examination. An elementary school in the same area was selected as the control group, with no interference. The prevalence of contamination by the same method was obtained in the study group.Results: At the beginning of study, pre-intervention prevalence of pediculosis among pupils was 8.4% (49/594). The mean age in all pupils was 9.86±1.83 years old and the most infestation was showed in fourth-grade students with 10 years old. Analysis of statistics demonstrated a significance difference between having infestation and the number of members in the families. Post-intervention phase led to a decreased prevalence of pediculosis in pupils to 3% (8/594) (p-value < 0.05) and significant increase of parental knowledge on prevention program of pediculosis (p-value < 0.001), Conclusion: The prevalence of pediculosis was significantly reduced following the interventions in the school. The applied interventions may be implemented in other residual centers to get rid of this important infestation.

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EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IN DEALING DISASTER IN SD PADOKAN BANTUL YOGYAKARTA

JURNAL WACANA KESEHATAN ◽

10.52822/jwk.v3i1.60 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Masta Hutasoit

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Disaster Preparedness ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Age Groups ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Disaster Mitigation ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Earthquake Disaster ◽

The Impact

Background: Bantul is one of the areas in Yogyakarta that is at risk of disaster. The results of interviews with the head of SD N 2 Padokan found that the school had never had any training on disaster and not yet implemented the curriculum on disaster mitigation. Children are age groups that are very vulnerable to the impact of both physical and psychological disasters. Knowledge of disaster preparedness is important for disaster preventionThe purpose of the study: to determine the effect of health education on knowledge of student preparedness to earthquake disaster events in SD N 2 Padokan, Bantul.Method: This research is quantitative research with quasi experiment design. The design used was pre test and post test nonequivalent control group. The number of samples in the intervention group and the control group were 27 students of class V. The sampling were collected by purposive sampling according to the criteria. Methods of data collection using questionnaires and using nonparametric statistical analysis Wilcoxon with the help of SPSS v.17 for Windows program.Results: The results showed no effect of health education on earthquake disaster preparedness knowledge in SD N 2 Padokan obtained p value 0.480 with α 0.05. In the intervention group the difference of knowledge before and after is indicated by p value 0.180, while for the control group 1,000.Conclusion: there is no effect of health education on disaster preparedness knowledge in SD N 2 Padokan.

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THE IMPACT OF LASALLIAN HEALTH EDUCATION ON IMPROVING WOMEN BEHAVIOR WITH HIGH CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

Jurnal Ilmiah Perawat Manado (Juiperdo) ◽

10.47718/jpd.v7i2.807 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 93-102

Author(s):

Isaura Isabela Lontaan ◽

Annastasia S. Lamonge ◽

Indriani Yauri

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Activity Patterns ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Wilcoxon Test ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

High Cholesterol ◽

Cholesterol Levels ◽

Post Test ◽

The Impact

Background: High cholesterol is one of the causes of coronary heart disease and stroke. Diet and activity patterns are the two main factors that can lead to high cholesterol levels in the blood. Therefore, it needs good knowledge, skills, and motivation that is strong enough, to be able to effectively prevent high cholesterol occurrence. The purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of Lasallian health education on improving women's behavior with high cholesterol levels in the village Poigar II South Minahasa regency. Methods. The research design is a Quasi Experiment using Pre Test Post Test Design with Control Group. The numbers of participants were 32 people with a purposive sampling technique of sampling. Data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test and Mann Whitney tests. Results. Research shows the effect of Lasallian health education on improving women's behavior with high cholesterol levels with significant values p-Value = 0.001 (p-value < α 0.05). Discussion: This method can help respondents to open up and share experiences so that sharing can be a motivation for each respondent in terms of changing behavior for the better. If there is a good experience that was told by the respondent that can be done, it can be taken and if the experience about the bad behavior can be issued. Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is an effect of Lasallian health education on the improvement of women 's behavior. So that the advice given in this study is so this can be useful for the society, especially women patients to be able to acquire the knowledge, skills, and motivation.

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Pengaruh Pendidikan Kesehatan Terhadap Kecemasan Tentang Menarche pada Siswi Kelas V Sekolah Dasar

Jurnal Ners dan Kebidanan Indonesia ◽

10.21927/jnki.2017.5(1).51-57 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 51

Author(s):

Anggi Winarti ◽

Fatma Siti Fatimah ◽

Wahyu Rizky

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Health Education ◽

Psychological Impact ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Wilcoxon Test ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Menstrual Health ◽

Level Of Knowledge

Menarche is part of the primary change that commonly affects the psychology of a child. The psychological impact of menarche can be in a form of anxiety which lead to many problems to children. Based on research Randomination of childhood BMI and Early Menarche gained the results of girls who experience her first menarche changes in her either psychic like arise a sense of anxiety and happened changes such obesity. Anxiety is the most common, noticeable symptom in children during menarche and it is sometimes reinforced the desire to reject the physiological process. Anxiety can be influenced by age, genetics, level of knowledge and others. Provision of information about menstrual health through education is one way to deal with the symptoms of psychological disorders that arise when facing menarche. Objective: to determine the effect of health education of anxiety in menarche in students at 5th grade Sonosewu Elementary School and Muhammadiyah Ambarbinangun Elementary School. This study uses quasi experiment research to control time series design or the sample material eqievalent design. The sample in this study is at 5th grade students in Sonosewu Elementary School 15 and Muhammadiyah Ambarbinangun Elementary School 15 who are not having menstruation yet, in total of 30 students, taken using total sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. Results showed that p-value 0.023 experimental group and p-value 0.234 the control group (<0.05). And from statistical test, the result showed that the differentiation was meaningful on intervention group. In conclusion, there was a significant influence of health education toward the anxiety about menarche in 5th grade students.

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Reducing the Social Stigma Associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A Controlled Trial of an Intervention Program in a Turkish Community Sample

Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies ◽

10.24193/jebp.2020.2.14 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 101-120

Author(s):

Ayça Aktaç Gürbüz ◽

Orçun YORULMAZ ◽

Gülşah DURNA

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Community Sample ◽

Case Vignette ◽

Control Group ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Impact

Scientific research into the reduction of stigmatization, particularly related to specific problems such as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), is scarce. In the present study, we examine the impact of a video-based antistigma intervention program for OCD in a pretest-posttest control group research. After being randomly assigned to either an intervention (n= 101) or control group (n= 96), the participants reported their attitudes on a hypothetical case vignette before and after OCD vs. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) videos, and again six months later as a follow up assessment. The mixed design analyses for the group comparisons indicated that although there was no significant difference in the measures of the control group, the participants watching the anti-stigma OCD video, in which the focus was psychoeducation and interaction strategies, reported significantly lower scores on social distances and negative beliefs for the case vignettes they read, and this difference was maintained six months later. Then, the present results indicate the effectiveness of our anti-stigma intervention program for OCD. Interventions to reduce stigmatization can also be viewed as effective tools for changing the attitudes of people toward OCD, although further research and applications are needed related to specific disorders if a longlasting impact is to be achieved.

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The effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta, Kasongan, Bantul

International Journal of Health Science and Technology ◽

10.31101/ijhst.v1i3.1210 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 43-50

Author(s):

Firstyono Miftahul Aziz ◽

Suratini Suratini

Keyword(s):

Nursing Home ◽

The Elderly ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Sampling System ◽

Randomized Sampling ◽

Care For The Elderly ◽

Dementia Incidence ◽

The Family ◽

The Impact

For some people, dementia is considered as a disease that is common in elderly, regardless the impact of dementia. Taking care for the elderly with dementia brings stress for the family. It can cause and increase the family burden. Brain vitalization gymnastics is one of the methods to improve memory. The study aims to investigate the effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta. The study used Quasi Experimental with Pretest-Posttest control group and randomized sampling system. The samples were taken randomly as many as 26 respondents and were divided into two groups namely 13 respondents of experimental group and 13 respondents of control group. The statistical test used Wilcoxon Match Pairs Test. The result showed that Wilcoxon Match pairs test obtained p value 0,003, which is smaller than 0,005. There is an effect of brain vitalization activity on dementia incidence in elderly at Budi Luhur Nursing Home of Yogyakarta

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The Effect of Javanese Language Videos with a Community Based Interactive Approach Method as an Educational Instrument for Knowledge, Perception, and Adherence amongst Tuberculosis Patients

Pharmacy ◽

10.3390/pharmacy9020086 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 86

Author(s):

Fauna Herawati ◽

Yuni Megawati ◽

Aslichah ◽

Retnosari Andrajati ◽

Rika Yulia

Keyword(s):

Intervention Group ◽

Personal Control ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Interactive Approach ◽

Community Based ◽

Tuberculosis Patients ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

The Impact

The long period of tuberculosis treatment causes patients to have a high risk of forgetting or stopping the medication altogether, which increases the risk of oral anti-tuberculosis drug resistance. The patient’s knowledge and perception of the disease affect the patient’s adherence to treatment. This research objective was to determine the impact of educational videos in the local language on the level of knowledge, perception, and adherence of tuberculosis patients in the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Bangil. This quasi-experimental study design with a one-month follow-up allocated 62 respondents in the intervention group and 60 in the control group. The pre- and post-experiment levels of knowledge and perception were measured with a validated set of questions. Adherence was measured by pill counts. The results showed that the intervention increases the level of knowledge of the intervention group higher than that of the control group (p-value < 0.05) and remained high after one month of follow-up. The perceptions domains that changed after education using Javanese (Ngoko) language videos with the Community Based Interactive Approach (CBIA) method were the timeline, personal control, illness coherence, and emotional representations (p-value < 0.05). More than 95% of respondents in the intervention group take 95% of their pill compared to 58% of respondents in the control group (p-value < 0.05). Utilization of the local languages for design a community-based interactive approach to educate and communicate is important and effective.

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Neurodevelopment in Children Exposed to Zika Virus: What Are the Consequences for Children Who Do Not Present with Microcephaly at Birth?

Viruses ◽

10.3390/v13081427 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1427

Author(s):

Paula Sobral da Silva ◽

Sophie Eickmann ◽

Ricardo Ximenes ◽

Celina Martelli ◽

Elizabeth Brickley ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Neurological Examination ◽

Zika Virus ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Zikv Infection ◽

Clinical Neurological Examination ◽

Cognitive Delay ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Neurodevelopmental Impairment ◽

The Impact

The relation of Zika virus (ZIKV) with microcephaly is well established. However, knowledge is lacking on later developmental outcomes in children with evidence of maternal ZIKV infection during pregnancy born without microcephaly. The objective of this analysis is to investigate the impact of prenatal exposure to ZIKV on neuropsychomotor development in children without microcephaly. We evaluated 274 children including 235 ZIKV exposed and 39 controls using the Bayley-III Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (BSIDIII) and neurological examination. We observed a difference in cognition with a borderline p-value (p = 0.052): 9.4% of exposed children and none of the unexposed control group had mild to moderate delays. The prevalence of delays in the language and motor domains did not differ significantly between ZIKV-exposed and unexposed children (language: 12.3% versus 12.8%; motor: 4.7% versus 2.6%). Notably, neurological examination results were predictive of neurodevelopmental delays in the BSIDIII assessments for exposed children: 46.7% of children with abnormalities on clinical neurological examination presented with delay in contrast to 17.8% among exposed children without apparent neurological abnormalities (p = 0.001). Overall, our findings suggest that relative to their unexposed peers, ZIKV-exposed children without microcephaly are not at considerably increased risk of neurodevelopmental impairment in the first 42 months of life, although a small group of children demonstrated higher frequencies of cognitive delay. It is important to highlight that in the group of exposed children, an abnormal neuroclinical examination may be a predictor of developmental delay. The article contributes to practical guidance and advances our knowledge about congenital Zika.

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Effects of Vitrification on the Blastocyst Gene Expression Profile in a Porcine Model

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms22031222 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 1222

Author(s):

Cristina Cuello ◽

Cristina A. Martinez ◽

Josep M. Cambra ◽

Inmaculada Parrilla ◽

Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Gene Expression Analysis ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Control Group ◽

P Value ◽

Transcriptome Profile ◽

Embryo Viability ◽

The Impact

This study was designed to investigate the impact of vitrification on the transcriptome profile of blastocysts using a porcine (Sus scrofa) model and a microarray approach. Blastocysts were collected from weaned sows (n = 13). A total of 60 blastocysts were vitrified (treatment group). After warming, vitrified embryos were cultured in vitro for 24 h. Non-vitrified blastocysts (n = 40) were used as controls. After the in vitro culture period, the embryo viability was morphologically assessed. A total of 30 viable embryos per group (three pools of 10 from 4 different donors each) were subjected to gene expression analysis. A fold change cut-off of ±1.5 and a restrictive threshold at p-value < 0.05 were used to distinguish differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The survival rates of vitrified/warmed blastocysts were similar to those of the control (nearly 100%, n.s.). A total of 205 (112 upregulated and 93 downregulated) were identified in the vitrified blastocysts compared to the control group. The vitrification/warming impact was moderate, and it was mainly related to the pathways of cell cycle, cellular senescence, gap junction, and signaling for TFGβ, p53, Fox, and MAPK. In conclusion, vitrification modified the transcriptome of in vivo-derived porcine blastocysts, resulting in minor gene expression changes.

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Biofeedback Intervention for Stress and Anxiety among Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

ISRN Nursing ◽

10.5402/2012/827972 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Paul Ratanasiripong ◽

Nop Ratanasiripong ◽

Duangrat Kathalae

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Stress Level ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Controlled Study ◽

Control Group ◽

Moderate Increase ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

The Impact

Purpose. It has been well documented that nursing students across the world experience stress and anxiety throughout their education and training. The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the impact of biofeedback intervention program on nursing students' levels of stress and anxiety during their first clinical training. Methods. Participants consisted of 60 second-year baccalaureate nursing students. The 30 participants in the biofeedback group received training on how to use the biofeedback device to assist in stress and anxiety management for 5 weeks while the 30 in the control group did not receive any training. Findings. Results indicated that the biofeedback group was able to maintain the stress level while the control group had a significant increase in the stress level over the 5-week period of clinical training. Additionally, the biofeedback group had a significant reduction in anxiety, while the control group had a moderate increase in anxiety. Conclusions. The better the nursing students can manage their stress and anxiety, the more successful they can be in their clinical training. Ultimately, the more psychologically healthy the nursing students are, the more likely they will flourish and graduate to become productive and contributing members of the nursing profession.

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