scholarly journals Studi Keamanan Mikrobiologis Makanan Jajanan Anak Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Leitimur Selatan Pulau Ambon

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Gelora Helena Augustyn ◽  
Erynola Moniharapon ◽  
Linersya Patty
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
The South ◽  
Street Food ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Penicillium Sp ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Nigrospora Oryzae

Snacks school children is one of the factors that affect the even health of children. This study aimed to evaluate the safety of street food that primary school children in terms of aspects microbiological at six locations elementary school in the South Leitimur subdistrict. This study is a descriptive study using quantitative and qualitative research methods. Observations carried out to describe the condition in addition to snack, also made recording of street food sellers (age, sex, educaion, and years of service). Conditions snack food microbiological laboratory analyzes, including qualitative tests (analysis of total microbes, E. Coli testing, Salmonella sp, and Shigella sp). The result showed all kinds of snack food free off three types of bacteria (Salmonella sp.). The result showed all kinds of snack food free of three types of bacteria (Salmonella sp, E. Coli, and Shigella sp.). But the five types of snack food contaminated by namely the four types of fungus Penicillium sp, Nigrospora oryzae, Mucor sp, and Absidia sp. Implementation of sanitation and hygiene has not performed optimally by street food sellers in the elementary school in the South Leitimur subdistrict. Keywords: snack food, study microbiological safety, snack food elementary school children   ABSTRAK Jajanan anak sekolah merupakan salah satu faktor yang mempengaruhi kesehatan anak sekolah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi keamanan makanan jajanan anak sekolah dasar yang ditinjau dari aspek mikrobiologisnya pada enam lokasi Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Leitimur Selatan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan mnggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Observasi selain dilakukan untuk mendeskripsikan kondisi jajanan, juga dilakukan pencatatan terhadap penjual makanan jajanan (umur, jenis kelamin, pendidikan, dan masa kerja). Kondisi mikrobiologis makanan jajanan dianalisis di laboratorium, meliputi uji kualitatif dan kuantitatif (analisa total mikroba, uji E. coli, Salmonella sp, dan Shigella sp.). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan semua jenis makanan jajanan terbebas dari tiga jenis bakteri (E. coli, Salmonella sp. dan Shigella sp.), tetapi lima jenis makanan terkontaminasi oleh empat jenis jamur yaitu Penicillium sp, Nigrospora oryzae, Mucor sp, dan Absidia sp. Penerapan sanitasi dan hygiene belum dilakukan secara optimal oleh penjual makanan jajanan di lingkungan Sekolah Dasar Kecamatan Leitimur Selatan. Kata kunci: makanan jajanan, studi keamanan mikrobiologis, jajanan anak sekolah dasar

scholarly journals Kandungan bahan tambahan pangan berbahaya pada makanan jajanan anak sekolah dasar di Kabupaten Bantul

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yhona Paratmanitya ◽  
Aprilia Veriani
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
School Children ◽  
Rhodamine B ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Snack Food ◽  
Chemical Contamination ◽  
Test Kit ◽  
Rhodamin B

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><em><strong>Background</strong>: The National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) showed that in 2012, consuming of food is the highest caused of poisoning incidence (66.7%) among others (drug, cosmetics, etc). One of factors influence it was chemical contamination in food, such as borax (sodium tetraborate), formaldehyde, and rhodamine-B. Based on this data, there were 2.93% of borax, 1.34% of formaldehyde, and 1.02% of rhodamine-B detected in the snack foods of elementary school children. Their accumulation may have negative impact on body health.</em></p><p><em><strong>Objectives</strong>: To know the content of food additive substances contamination (borax, formaldehyde, rhodamin-B) in the snack food of elementary school children in Bantul. </em></p><p><em><strong>Methods</strong>: This was an observational research with survey design. The research was done in 68 of elementary schools in District of Bantul. All suspected snack food samples inside and outside the school were analyzed for their chemical contaminations. Qualitative analysis of borax, formaldehyde, and rhodamin-B were done by using curcumin, KMnO4, and test kit methods, respectively. </em></p><p><em><strong>Results</strong>: There were 107 samples collected from 68 elementary schools in Bantul. The most sold sample suspecting of chemical contamination was meatball (22.4%). Among 98 analyzed samples, there were 15 (15.3%) and 25 (25.5%) samples that were proven to have borax and formaldehyde. Meanwhile, there were 7 (46.7%) samples of 15 samples were proven to have rhodamine-B. From the data, there were 34 elementary schools (50%) that have no harmful chemical contamination in their snack food.</em></p><p><em><strong>Conclusions</strong>: The percentage of snack food containing borax, formaldehyde, and rhodamine-B in elementary school in Bantul was still high enough.</em></p><p><strong>KEYWORDS</strong>:<em> snack food, borax, formaldehyde, rhodamine-B</em></p><p><br /><em><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Latar belakang</strong>: Data Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan (BPOM) menunjukkan bahwa sepanjang tahun 2012, insiden keracunan akibat mengkonsumsi makanan menduduki posisi paling tinggi, yaitu 66,7%, dibandingkan dengan keracunan akibat penyebab lain, misalnya obat, kosmetika, dan lain-lain. Salah satu penyebab keracunan makanan adalah adanya cemaran kimia dalam makanan tersebut, seperti boraks, formalin dan rhodamin-B. Dalam data tersebut, diketahui 2,93% sampel makanan jajanan pada anak sekolah mengandung boraks, 1,34% mengandung formalin, dan 1,02% mengandung rhodamin-B. Akumulasi bahan-bahan tersebut di dalam tubuh dapat berdampak negatif bagi kesehatan.</em></p><p><em><strong>Tujuan</strong>: Mengetahui persentase makanan jajanan anak sekolah dasar (SD) yang tercemar bahan tambahan pangan berbahaya (boraks, formalin, rhodamin-B) di Kabupaten Bantul. </em></p><p><em><strong>Metode</strong>: Jenis penelitian ini adalah observasional dengan rancangan survei. Penelitian dilaksanakan dengan melibatkan 68 SD di Kabupaten Bantul sebagai sampel. Seluruh makanan jajanan yang dijajakan baik di luar maupun di kantin sekolah dan diduga mengandung bahan kimia berbahaya diuji kandungan cemaran kimianya yaitu kandungan boraks, formalin dan rhodamin-B. Pengujian kualitatif kandungan boraks menggunakan kurkumin, formalin menggunakan KMnO4, dan rhodamin-B menggunakan test kit Rhodamin-B. </em></p><p><em><strong>Hasil</strong>: Terdapat 107 sampel makanan dari 68 SD yang diuji. Jenis makanan jajanan yang diduga mengandung bahan kimia berbahaya yang paling banyak dijajakan di SD adalah jenis bakso (bakso, bakso tusuk, bakso goreng) yaitu sejumlah 22,4% dari seluruh sampel jajanan. Di antara 98 sampel yang diuji kandungan boraks dan formalinnya, 15 sampel (15,3%) positif mengandung boraks dan 25 sampel (25,5%) positif mengandung formalin. Di antara 15 sampel yang diuji kandungan rhodamin-B-nya,</em><br /><em>7 sampel (46,7%) positif mengandung rhodamin-B. Terdapat 34 SD (50%) yang tidak terdapat jajanan yang tercemar bahan kimia berbahaya. </em></p><p><em><strong>Kesimpulan</strong>: Persentase makanan jajanan anak SD yang mengandung boraks, formalin dan rhodamin-B masih cukup tinggi.</em></p><p><strong>KATA KUNCI</strong><em>: makanan jajanan, boraks, formalin, rhodamin-B</em></p>

Using an Exergame in Inclusive Physical Education for Elementary School Children with Hearing Impairment: A Future Area of Research in Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Nasser Alshahrany ◽  
Halijah Bt Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

Over recent decades, the common understanding of hearing impairment has improved.  People are more concerned with hearing impairment and have come to a consensus that care and positivity must be addressed. Therefore, recent trends in children with hearing disabilities inclusion have started in regular schools. The holistic training program provides opportunities for everyday people to learn about their abilities and special skills. The teacher needs to take care of the locomotive and object control skills of the child through the development of necessary motor skills to meet life requirements, such as walking, running, throwing, etc. The current study explores the ability of primary school children with hearing loss to incorporate an exergame to improve fundamental motor skills within an inclusive physical education classroom in Saudi Arabia. The study used a Qualitative Method and carried out a content analysis together with a Systematic Literature Review to understand the research carried out in this field. A detailed analysis was carried out of secondary data from articles indexed in Scopus and the websites of the scientific databases and other related documents in the field of study.  This study would expand the research awareness related to the success of vital engine skills in elementary school children with hearing impairment through the use of an exergame in comprehensive physical education.

scholarly journals Examining Physical Activity and Play Behavior Preferences between First Graders and Last Graders in Primary School Children in Tehran

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noura Marouf ◽  
Adi Irfan Che-Ani ◽  
Norngainy Mohd Tawil
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
First Graders ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Play Behavior ◽  
Outdoor Environment ◽  
Primary School Children

<p>School grounds are critical places because they are some of the few play areas available for children to develop and transfer peer culture. Moreover, school playtime, which is often called “recess”, offers children daily opportunities for physical activity in the outdoor environment. During school years, age has always been presented in the studies on children as a fundamental component of their development. Children of different ages are interested in different play styles and have various play priorities. However, few studies have compared play patterns in children within age groups. This study explores play behaviors during recess in elementary school children overall, and secondly examines the differences in the play behavior of children, considering first graders who enter elementary school and the last graders. This study uses quantitative design and naturalistic observational approaches. An ethnogram recorded the observations of the play activities preferences of the children. The results of this study showed that girls spend the majority of their recess talking and socializing with peers generally. Older children, particularly those in grades fifth and sixth, spend more time socializing than other age groups. Children in the first grade spent much time in active free play, such as chasing and running, during recess and tend use their playtime as an opportunity to perform a physical activity; therefore the significance of combining recess and provisions for physical activity to reach health goals becomes clearer. These findings are interesting considerations for further research; such information could help to develop appropriate interventions to improve the recess.</p>

Internal Structure and Development of Keyboard Skills in Spanish-Speaking Primary-School Children With and Without LD in Writing

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 522-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan E. Jiménez ◽  
Isaac Marco ◽  
Natalia Suárez ◽  
Desirée González
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
School Children ◽  
Phonological Processing ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Sentence Production ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Poor Spellers ◽  
Typically Achieving

This study had two purposes: examining the internal structure of the Test Estandarizado para la Evaluación Inicial de la Escritura con Teclado (TEVET; Spanish Keyboarding Writing Test), and analyzing the development of keyboarding skills in Spanish elementary school children with and without learning disabilities (LD) in writing. A group of 1,168 elementary school children carried out the following writing tasks: writing the alphabet in order from memory, allograph selection, word copying, writing dictated words with inconsistent spelling, writing pseudowords from dictation, and independent composition of sentence. For this purpose, exploratory factor analysis for the TEVET was conducted. Principal component analysis with a varimax rotation identified three factors with eigenvalues greater than 1.0. Based on factorial analysis, we analyzed the keyboarding skills across grades in Spanish elementary school children with and without LD (i.e., poor handwriters compared with poor spellers, who in turn were compared with mixed compared with typically achieving writers). The results indicated that poor handwriters did not differ from typically achieving writers in phonological processing, visual-orthographic processing, and sentence production components by keyboarding. The educational implications of the findings are analyzed with regard to acquisition of keyboarding skills in children with and without LD in transcription.

scholarly journals PREVALENCE OF SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS AMONG ELEMENTARY CHILDREN IN SORONG DISTRICT, WEST PAPUA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Yuwono ◽  
Dominicus Husada ◽  
Sukmawati Basuki
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
School Children ◽  
Ascaris Lumbricoides ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Trichuris Trichiura ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
West Papua ◽  
Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis

Soil transmitted helminthiasis are common in the world and cause illness, especially in developing countries. It can cause infection in humans by contact with parasitic eggs or larvae that live in moist and warm soil. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is often caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Necator americanus. In Indonesia, Soil transmitted helminthiasis prevalence is still high in some places. The tropical climate and high humidity support for the development of worms like in Sorong District, but there was no data. The purpose of this study is to identify the presece of Soil transmitted helminthiasis in primary school children in Sorong District. A cross-sectional study was conducted in two elementary schools located in Sorong District, West Papua, Indonesia. The two elementary schools are SDN 22 in Klain village and SD  Inpres 24 in sub-district Mayamuk. Once collected, the pot that has contained stool is given formalin 10%. Stool examinattion using direct smear method to determine the presence of soil transmitted helminthiasis. Researchers get the subject as many as 147 children. The proportion of elementary school children by sex consists of 72 boys (49%) and 75 girls (51%). The prevalence of Soil transmitted helminthiasis as a whole was 30.6% (45/147) with 40.1% (18/45) single infections and 59.9% (27/45) mixed infections. The single infection that most frequent is Trichuris trichiura, then followed by Ascaris lumbricoides. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis mostly found in girl than boy and mostly found in 6-9 years age group.  The worm species that infect elementary school children in the district is Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Hookworm, and Strongyloides stercoralis. This is probably related with the climate and low sanitation level. To eliminate soil transmitted helminthiasis among elementary school children, in addition to routine treatment also needs intensive counseling about the importance of maintaining personal hygiene and the environment.

scholarly journals Breakfast habits, physical activities, and overweight in elementary school children

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Dian Nur Khalifah ◽  
Alfi Fairuz Asna ◽  
Afrinia Eka Sari
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Elementary School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

<p><strong>ABSTRAK</strong></p><p><strong></strong> <em><strong>Latar belakang:</strong></em> Kegemukan terjadi akibat dari asupan energi yang lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan pengeluaran energi. Faktor-faktor yang dapat menyebabkan kegemukan sering diabaikan oleh masyarakat seperti kebiasaan sarapan yang kurang baik dan rendahnya aktivitas fisik yang dilakukan oleh anak sekolah dasar.</p><p><em><strong>Tujuan:</strong> </em>Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kebiasaan konsumsi sarapan dan aktivitas fisik dengan kejadian kegemukan pada anak sekolah dasar.</p><p><strong>Metode:</strong> Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional dengan rancangan cross sectional dengan 130 subjek dan menggunakan uji chi square pada tingkat kemaknaan 95% (α=0,05).Pengambian data kebiasaan sarapan menggunakan kuesioner ang sudah divalidasi, pengambilan data aktivitas fisik menggunakan kuesioner PAQ-C (Physical Activity Questionaire for Children) dan data status gizi diambil dengan melakukan penimbangan serta pengukuran tinggi badan kemudian diklasifikasikan menggunakan indikator IMT/U.</p><p><em><strong>Hasil:</strong> </em>Hasil analisis menggunakan uji chi square menunjukkan terdapat hubungan antara kebiasaan konsumsi sarapan dengan kegemukan pada subjek (p=0,009) dan terdapat hubungan antara aktivitas fisik dengan kegemukan pada subjek (p=0,000).</p><p><em><strong>Kesimpulan:</strong></em> Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara kebiasaan konsumsi sarapan dan aktivitas fisik dengan kegemukan pada anak usia sekolah dasar.</p><p><strong>KATA KUNCI:</strong> aktivitas fisik; kebiasaan sarapan; kegemukan</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p><em><strong>Background:</strong> </em>Overweight occurs as a result of higher energy intake compared to energy expenditure. Many people often underestimate about factors that can lead to overweight, such as bad breakfast habits and low physical activity in elementary school children.</p><p><em><strong>Objectives:</strong></em> The purpose of this study is to determine a correlation between breakfast habits and physical activity of students in elementary school with overweight.</p><p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> This study was an observational study with a cross-sectional design with 130 of the students and tests of the significance level of 95% (α=0.05). Breakfast habits data obtained using a validated questionnaire, physical activity data collection using the PAQ-C (Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children) and nutritional status data were taken by weighing and measuring height then classified using BMI/U indicators.</p><p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> The result of the analysis using a chi-square test showed that there was a correlation between breakfast habits and overweight (p=0,009) and there was a correlation between physical activity with overweight (p=0.000).</p><p><em><strong>Conclusions:</strong></em> The conclusion, there are correlations between breakfast habits and physical activity with overweight among primary school children.</p><p><strong>KEYWORDS</strong>: physical activity, breakfast habits, overweight</p>

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Cultural-based Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) against 7-day Food Diary (7d FD) to Assess Fish Intake among Elementary School Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 618-627
Author(s):  
Setyaningrum Rahmawaty ◽  
Prof. Barbara J Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Fish Intake ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Food Diary ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Median Difference

An accurate dietary fish questionnaire can be used to predict dietary intake status of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA). The aim of this study was to design and validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to predict fish consumption of primary school children against a 7-day food diary (7d FD). A cross-sectional study was performed in elementary school in Surakarta, Indonesia. A total of 164 children aged 8 to 12 yo which were recruited using multi-stage random sampling were participated in this study. The FFQ consisted of 38 species of fish including 27 species of fresh fish and 11 species of processed fish. Total median (interquartile range) fish intake determined from the FFQ vs 7d FD was similar of 60 (36-114) g/d and 59 (37-108) g/d, respectively. A very good correlation was found between the FFQ and 7d FD by Spearman’s correlation coefficient test (r=0.965, p=0.0001) with an acceptable of the two methods using non-parametric limit of agreement (95% LoA=-10.907-34.619, median difference=0.011, 95% CI for median difference=-2.408-1.193). The FFQ is acceptable a valid tool to determine fish intake in this group.

scholarly journals How do Teachers Apply Computational Thinking Activities in Elementary School? From Continuing Education to the classroom

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Suéllen Rodolfo Martinelli ◽  
Luciana Martinez Zaina ◽  
Tiemi Christine Sakata
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
School Children ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Common Base

INTRODUCTION: There is no consensus of what skills can be developed from the learning of Computation Thinking (CT). However, teachers and researchers agreed that by the learning of CT individuals can acquire and expand many abilities. Courses have been carried out in Brazil and in other countries with the aim of motivating teachers on adding CT to classroom practices. OBJECTIVE: This article to present a case study that investigated the feasibility of introducing activities of CT for primary school children. Such activities were created and mediated by the teachers of Primary School. METHOD: First, a continuing education course about Computational Thinking was conducted with the participation of 14 teachers. The participants could understand the fundamentals of CT, and consequently, became able to planning and conducting CT activities by themselves in their classrooms. After, we analyzed the data gathered during the course under the quantitative and qualitative lenses. RESULTS: The results showed that the participants had a degree of agreement between 56% and 71% regarding the understanding and applicability of CT to developing skills in Primary School. The qualitative findings revealed that the participants could prepare activities that linked CT to topics presented in the subjects of Primary School. Besides, we could identify three patterns of shaping the activities in which this "computational think" were incorporated. CONCLUSION: Practices to stimulate the CT in students are mediated by using different teaching strategies as such Gamification and Culture Maker. These activities also enable the development of skills related to the National Curricular Common Base

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Education in Primary School Children

2016 ◽  
pp. 59-84
Author(s):  
Michele Gibbon ◽  
Ciarán M. Duffy ◽  
Gillian Taylor ◽  
Sophie Laniel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Her Family ◽  
School Settings ◽  
The Impact

This chapter per the authors describes the impact that juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has on the functioning of children within elementary school settings. Suggestions for teachers, educators and administrators regarding the ways in which they may assist children in adapting to obstacles encountered at school (academic and social), as they relate to the disease. Exploration of the partnership between a child with JIA, his/her family and members of the health care and educational teams is examined.

scholarly journals Epidemiology of helminth infections: implications for parasite control programmes, a South African perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211-1219 ◽  
Author(s):  
CC Jinabhai ◽  
M Taylor ◽  
A Coutsoudis ◽  
HM Coovadia ◽  
AM Tomkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
School Children ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
World Health ◽  
Parasite Control ◽  
The South ◽  
School Based ◽  
Helminth Infections

AbstractObjectives:To determine the epidemiology of helminthic infections and the efficacy of parasite treatment among rural South African primary school children in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. To assess the South African government's parasite control policy.Methods:The study recruited 268 school children, aged 8 to 10, and randomly allocated them into treatment and placebo groups (treatment consisted of a single dose of albendazole (400 mg) and praziquantel (40 mg/kg)). Anthropometric measurements and the prevalence and intensity of helminth infections were taken at baseline (prior to treatment) and 16 weeks post treatment. Two weeks after treatment prevalence and intensity were again measured for an approximate 50% sub-sample of the children to investigate efficacy of treatment. An analysis of the South African government's policies concerning parasite control is assessed in the light of these epidemiological findings.Results:Low levels of both stunting and wasting were observed throughout the study (approximately 10% and 1%, respectively), but did not vary significantly across either treatment group or time period (P>0.50). At baseline the observed prevalences for the three main helminths found in this study among the treated children were Ascaris lumbricoides 29.5%, Trichuris trichiura 51.9% and Schistosoma haematobium 22.3%. These prevalences declined significantly to 4.7% (P<0.0005), 38.0% (P<0.03) and 3.3% (P<0.0002), respectively, 16 weeks post treatment. The majority of infections observed at baseline were of light intensity, namely A. lumbricoides (50%), T. trichiura (80%) and S. haematobium (100%), and following treatment these levels were reduced significantly (P<0.0001, P<0.05 and P<0.005, respectively). The levels of both prevalence and intensity in the untreated group remained constant. The cure rates over the first two weeks of the study were found to be 94.4% for A. lumbricoides, 40% for T. trichiura and 72.2% for S. haematobium.Conclusion:The benefits of targeted, school-based treatment in reducing the prevalence and intensity of infection supports the South African government's focus of using school-based interventions as part of an integrated parasite control programme. These strategies and programmes are consistent with recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

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