scholarly journals Helminthiasis among School-Age Children and Hygiene Conditions of Selected Schools in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eniola M. Abe ◽  
Onyinye C. Echeta ◽  
Akwashiki Ombugadu ◽  
Linus Ajah ◽  
Peter O. Aimankhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Health ◽  
Strongyloides Stercoralis ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Multiple Infections ◽  
School Age ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Gender

The burden of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infections in Nigeria is enormous with serious public health significance. This study, therefore, assessed helminthiasis among school-age children and the hygiene conditions of schools in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria between December 2015 and April 2016 from four randomly selected primary schools. Stool samples were collected from 200 primary school pupils including 80 males (40%) and 120 females (60%) between five and 16 years, using clean sample bottles and a standard parasitology examination technique at the central laboratory at the Federal University, Lafia. An overall prevalence of 33.5% (67/200) helminths infections was recorded. A checklist of Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, Trichuris trichiura, and Strongyloides stercoralis was generated from the pooled data of the four studied schools in which A. lumbricoides occurred highest with 13% (26/200) while S. stercoralis was the least prevalent at 2.50% (5/200). Among the schools sampled, St. James Pilot Science Primary School’s children were the most infected at 44% (22/50). Multiple infections were observed in three of the four schools sampled. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) in prevalence rates of different STHs infections in relation to age group and gender across schools. Our findings showed that the hygiene conditions in the studied schools were poor without water, hand washing materials, refuse bins, as well as poor sanitary conditions. This study also identified ova and larvae of STHs parasites in the analyzed soil samples from the studied schools. Most school-age children had knowledge about contamination but few among them washed their hands with water and soap. The obtained result indicated a negative association between the prevalence of STHs and the proportion of pupils that cleaned up with water after defection. We, therefore, advise that hygiene conditions in schools be improved and that the government should prioritize enrolling all primary schools in Nasarawa state for the school health program so as to reduce the burden of STHs among school-age children in the state.

scholarly journals An Assessment Of Parental Involvement In Learner Retention In Public Primary Schools Of Malindi Sub - County In Kilifi County, Kenya

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Josephine Kagwiria Kirimi ◽  
Daudi Muthoka Muteti
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Central Zone ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Free Primary Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Adult Education Centres

Despite the Kenya government re-introducing free primary education, some school age children are still locked out of school whereas dropout and repetition continue to be pervasive. The study found out that retention rates in public primary schools in central zone of Malindi sub-county, Kenya had declined and the dropout rate was on the increase. The most prominent causes of the declining rates of access and retention of pupils in public primary schools in the zone were, illiteracy, poverty, early pregnancy, grade repetition and tourism activities. The study recommends that the government enforce adherence of the laid down policies to enhance learner retention in education. The government should also put up adult education centres to help improve literacy levels among parents.

scholarly journals Application Database School Health Program in Primary School Level of Surabaya City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Armyade Armyade ◽  
Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni ◽  
Rachmat Hargono
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
Primary School Level

The school health program (UKS) is a unit of the existing health activities of the primary school level. Currently the UKS programme has not been able to contribute optimally in an increasing the health of school-age children. This condition is caused due to the UKS programme planning have not been based on data and information related to health problems of school-age children. Constraints which cause yet the existence of the data and information of health problems that school age children recording and reporting system “paper based” incomplete data, and delivery information is not yet in the form of graphs or tables. The purpose of this research to develop a database application UKS primary school level. The scope of this research included implementation of the UKS Trias and recording system and reporting on team Implementing the UKS primary level. This type of research was Action Research. The subject of this research team on implementing the UKS primary level I/240 Sutorejo Surabaya. System analysis of the recording and reporting of the UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo found the problem that is the data source that is available only the fields of health care, so that analysis can not be based on Trias UKS. This research resulted in a prototype database of UKS developed based on the results of the analysis recording and reporting system progress on implementing team UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo. The prototype database UKS produces health education information, health services, and health coaching school environment that can be used for program planning UKS in managing teams and Puskesmas.. The use of the UKS data base is necessary among other supporting facilities maintenance management system that aims to let the uks programme sustainabilityas well as the monitoring and evaluation activities data base system.Keywords: database, school health program, recording and reporting system.

scholarly journals Application Database School Health Program in Primary School Level of Surabaya City

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Armyade Armyade ◽  
Chatarina Umbul Wahyuni ◽  
Rachmat Hargono
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
School Health Program ◽  
Primary School Level

ABSTRACTThe school health program (UKS) is a unit of the existing health activities of the primary school level. Currently the UKS programme has not been able to contribute optimally in an increasing the health of school-age children. This condition is caused due to the UKS programme planning have not been based on data and information related to health problems of school-age children. Constraints which cause yet the existence of the data and information of health problems that school age children recording and reporting system “paper based” incomplete data, and delivery information is not yet in the form of graphs or tables. The purpose of this research to develop a database application UKS primary school level. The scope of this research included implementation of the UKS Trias and recording system and reporting on team Implementing the UKS primary level. This type of research was Action Research. The subject of this research team on implementing the UKS primary level I/240 Sutorejo Surabaya. System analysis of the recording and reporting of the UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo found the problem that is the data source that is available only the fields of health care, so that analysis can not be based on Trias UKS. This research resulted in a prototype database of UKS developed based on the results of the analysis recording and reporting system progress on implementing team UKS SDN 1/240 Sutorejo. The prototype database UKS produces health education information, health services, and health coaching school environment that can be used for program planning UKS in managing teams and Puskesmas.. The use of the UKS data base is necessary among other supporting facilities maintenance management system that aims to let the uks programme sustainabilityas well as the monitoring and evaluation activities data base system.Keywords: database, school health program, recording and reporting system.

scholarly journals SEKOLAH GRATIS, SEKOLAH TAK BERDAYA

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (VII) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
B. P. Sitepu
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Instructional Quality ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Block Grant ◽  
School Activities ◽  
School Initiatives ◽  
The Government

In the compulsory basic education program, the Government implements a set of policies, one of which is providing funds directly to schools through Block Grant or Operational Fund Assistance. This policy is expected to strengthen school capability in managing and developing school activities to improve the instructional quality and to give more opportunity for school age children to attend schools. Based on the observation at two government primary schools in Jakarta, it is found out that the policy has weakened the school creativity due to the strict regulations and supervision on the usage of the fund provided by the Government. The educational activities previuosly developed and funded under school initiatives have to be terminated as in the present regulation the schools are not allowed to find financial resources, while the fund provided by the Government is not enough to support the activities. The school master will have serious sanctions if he/she does not follow the regulations properly. This study suggests the existing regulations should be reviewed and improved.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Helminths from the Fingernails of Primary School Pupils in Makurdi Benue State

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Zakki Yula Hosea ◽  
Liamngee Kator ◽  
Oga Ohekpe Philomena
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Strongyloides Stercoralis ◽  
Intestinal Helminth ◽  
Chronic Infections ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Parasitic Helminths ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ancylostoma Duodenale ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
And Gender

Intestinal helminth infections are widely distributed throughout the world and children are the most affected population. The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of intestinal helminths in children of primary schools in Makurdi, Benue State. Sterile cotton balls soaked in 10% formol saline were used to swab the underneath of the fingernails to collect 200 nail dirt samples from the school pupils of different ages and gender. The parasites were isolated from the dirt of both gender and prevalence was recorded. The direct mount method was used in the identification of parasites. The prevalence of parasites was presented as descriptive statistics, while the relationship between several variables (such as age and gender) and the presence of parasites were determined by Chi-square test. The level of significance used was P<0.05. The highest prevalence was observed for Ascaris lumbricoides (35%) whereas the lowest prevalence was found for Strongyloides stercoralis (15%). The other parasite found was Ancylostoma duodenale (30%). Overall prevalence was found to be 10%. The prevalence of intestinal parasitic helminths was found to be higher in males with 13.19% than in females with 7.34%. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of the infection among gender. The distribution of intestinal parasitic helminths among the selected primary schools indicated that there was no significant difference in the occurrence of the helminths between the schools. The occurrence of fingernail parasites among children in primary schools can cause chronic infections which can negatively affect all aspects of children’s health.

scholarly journals The Establishment of Child Health Cadre as Prevention for Foodborne Disease at Primary Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Fariani Syahrul ◽  
Chatarina U. W. ◽  
Arief Hargono
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Health ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Foodborne Diseases ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
School Health Program

Personal health, including health on school-age children comes from food intake. But often, these foods can cause health problems, such as foodborne diseases. A quasi-experimental study was conducted to monitor the Clean and Healthy Lifestyle (CHL) of children at school through the establishment and evaluation of child health cadres. Phases of activities are the selection of child health cadres (10 children), training and determination of the child that will be monitored (40 children), preliminary assessment on the monitored CHL, two-month monitoring and final assessment. Monitored CHL are the CHL associated with foodborne diseases such as clean nails, snacks habit, habit of bringing lunch, and hand-washing habit in schools. Descriptive analysis showed that there were differences between the CHL school children before and after the monitoring conducted by child health cadres, however the results of the Chi-Square Test indicated that only the habit of bringing lunch that yield a significant change  (p=0.01). Evaluation of the routine activity showed that the average cadre activity on monitoring is 75.7% and the average of completeness monitoring books is 91.9%. The activities of child health cadres can be applied on an ongoing basis with the school health program activities that have been established in schools.

Time-Based Prospective Memory in Schoolchildren

2011 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Babett Voigt ◽  
Ingo Aberle ◽  
Judith Schönfeld ◽  
Matthias Kliegel
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Prospective Memory ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Memory Retrieval ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Strategic Monitoring ◽  
Primary School Age

The present study examined age differences in time-based prospective memory (TBPM) in primary school age children and tested the role of self-initiated memory retrieval and strategic time monitoring (TM) as possible developmental mechanisms. Fifty-four children were recruited from local primary schools (27 younger children, mean age = 7.2 ± 0.55 years, and 27 older children, mean age = 9.61 ± 0.71 years). The task was a driving game scenario in which children had to drive a vehicle (ongoing task) and to remember to refuel before the vehicle runs out of gas (TBPM task, i.e., the fuel gauge served as child-appropriate time equivalent). Fuel gauge was either displayed permanently (low level of self-initiation) or could only be viewed on demand by hitting a button (high level of self-initiation). The results revealed age-dependent TBPM differences with better performance in older children. In contrast, level of self-initiated memory retrieval did not affect TBPM performance. However, strategies of TM influenced TBPM, as more frequent time checking was related to better performance. Patterns of time checking frequency differed according to children’s age and course of the game, suggesting difficulties in maintaining initial strategic TM in younger children. Taken together, the study revealed ongoing development of TBPM across primary school age. Observed age differences seemed to be associated with the ability to maintain strategic monitoring.

The Integrated School Health Center: A New Medical Home

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 864-866
Author(s):  
Marilyn D. McPherson-Corder
Keyword(s):  
Medical Home ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
School Health ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Cost Of Care ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
School Age ◽  
Medical Needs

During the past two decades, financial access to health care has improved for the very young, with emphasis on immunizations and medical care facilities for infants and mothers. Well-woman mandates, such as cancer detection and treatment programs, have improved the health of adult women. Even efforts to meet the needs of an ever-growing elderly population have improved. In contrast to expansions and improvements in care for the aforementioned populations, among others, there is still a population whose unmet medical needs have grown exponentially: school-age youth. Morbidity and mortality for todays school-age children are linked most often to complex behavior patterns and psychosocial risk factors. Prevention and treatment of these patterns and factors often require a multidisciplinary approach using educational and case management strategies; social, mental health, dental, and nutritional services; and traditional medical services. In recognition of the school as the focus of many communities and in recognition of this population's disproportionate drain on medical expenditures, current and projected, there has been a push for more monies to be spent on developing integrated school-based and school-linked clinics. These clinics should focus on meeting community needs and should emphasize coordination and cooperation between private and public agencies. If such efforts are not continued into the 21st century, this least-served population, which on the surface seems to be the healthiest, will be a major factor in the rising cost of care, particularly because they lacked a medical home while they were school age.

scholarly journals Dietary Habits and Nutritional Knowledge among Primary School Children in Fayoum Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Rabab Gad Abd El-Kader ◽  
Hanem Awad Mekhamier ◽  
Azza El-Sayed Ali Hegazy
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Study Group ◽  
School Age ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Fayoum Governorate

Background and aim: Improving the eating habits of children is essential to reduce the future burden of non-communicable illnesses. Nutritional diseases affect higher than 30% of school age children. This study aimed to assess the dietary habits and nutritional knowledge among primary school age children in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.Study design: A cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized. Setting: The study was implemented in three governmental mixed primary schools in EL-Fayoum city; Egypt, that were selected randomly. Sample: Cluster random sample techniques used for selecting of the study group consisted of 300 students aged from 10-12 years for both sexes attending grade five and six. Tools: three tools of data collection consisted of: 1- self-administered questionnaire comprised socio-demographic data of the students and parents, and students’ knowledge about nutrition, 2- the students’ dietary habits as consumption of the breakfast, drinking water, 3- Health assessment sheet to assess the students’ nutritional status including weight, height, BMI, and appearance.The study findings revealed that 69.3% of the study group were underweight, 36.3% were stunted, and 6.7%, 3.3% were overweight and obese respectively. About 45% had fair knowledge while 34% had good knowledge about the nutrition. More than half of the students had unhealthy dietary behavior and appearance. There was a statistically significant difference (P: 0<0.00) between the academic performance of the school children and their HAZ while there was no statistically significant difference between the academic performance of the students and their WAZ (P: 0.264).Conclusions: underweight is highly prevalent among the primary school students followed by stunting. Most of the students had unhealthy dietary habits and unhealthy appearance while around half of them had fair knowledge about nutrition. The current study recommended developing a nutritional health program for primary school children about the proper nutrition.

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