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Vol.4 No.4 – 9 : The Prevalence of Pediculosis and Treatment Needs among the School Children of Age 8-12 Years in Selected Rural Schools of Indore with a View to Develop Health Education Module

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By : Dr.Jinu K Rajan

Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences,

Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Background: Head and body lice (pediculus humans) are similar in appearance, but head louse is often smaller in size. While, pubic lice (pthirus pubis), are quite distinctive. They have shorter bodies and a pincher-like claw, which makes them look like crabs. However, most common symptom of lice infestation is itching. Materials and Methods. Study originated with a sample of 150 children for explicating prevalence and knowledge of pediculosis among school children with age from 8-12 years. The study objectives were: – 1- assessing the school children knowledge regarding pediculosis. 2- Determining the scalp status for prevalence of pediculosis among studied subjects . 3-Determine the association between pediculosis and studied subjects demographic variables. 4- Determine the treatment needed for pediculosis. 5- Developing a health education module needed . This is a descriptive survey approach and design was descriptive cross sectional study. Which found to be appropriate for assessing pediculosis prevalence and knowledge among the studied subjects, with utilizing stratified random sampling technique. Study was conducted in selected schools of Indore. All children within age between 8-12 years from selected area of Indore constitute target population for the study. Results: Current results showed that, mean of knowledge among studied children was 57.2%. As well as it was detected that, moderate knowledge regarding pediculosis and there is significant association between pediculosis knowledge with studied children’s age. Prevalence of pediculosis was noticed among 54.6% and this put a flash light regarding treatment needs among children school. The treatment proportion needs identified among studied children was 20.7% for scalp hygiene, 67.1% for recommendation of OTC and 12.2% for special treatments. Conclusion: it can concluded that, clearly depicted that, school childrens were having moderate knowledge about pediculosis prevention. As well as based on the findings, health education module was developed to enhance the children awareness about pediculosis.

THE PREVALENCE OF PEDICULOSIS AND TREATMENT NEEDS AMONG THE SCHOOL CHILDREN OF AGE 8-12 YEARS IN SELECTED RURAL SCHOOLS OF INDORE WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP HEALTH EDUCATION MODULE

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Vol.3 No.4 – 6: Schistosomiasis haematobium Prevalence and Risk factors in EL-Fayoum Governorate, Egypt

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By : Ahmed Abdelhalim Yameny

Society of Pathological Biochemistry and Hematology, Egypt

Ahmed A. Yameny (Email: dr.ahmedyameny@yahoo.com)

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Schistosoma haematobium infection is an important water-borne disease in Egypt, its prevalence decreased to less than 0.2 % (2016). There are more than 300 villages in Egypt with a prevalence of more than 3%, especially among school children, Which require prolonged treatment and continuous examinations, The Ministry of Health and Population in Egypt has announced the start of a campaign to confirm the final elimination of schistosomiasis by 2020, this study was conducted to detect the prevalence of  Schistosoma haematobium and risk factors among 1000 patients attending Ministry of Health Laboratory Centers, in El-Fayoum Governorate by microscopic examination in rural and urban areas, the prevalence among study patients was 7.9%, an interview questionnaire was designed to obtain demographic data and risk factors, such as residential status, age,  water contact activity, occupation, and education level, the higher percentage of infection was 10.3% among 11-21 years group, infection among males was higher than that among females (9.0% vs.6. 8% respectively). The percentage of infection was 11.2 % for rural residence compared to 2.4% for urban residence, regarding occupation the higher percentage of infection was 27.6% among farmers and /or fishermen. According to contact with canal water, the percentage of infection among those who had water contact was 16.9% and only 0.9% for people with no water contact. This study, therefore, recommended that a schistosomiasis control program in these infected areas should be done to educate the population on risk factors that predispose an individual to urinary schistosomiasis and the need for proper control of snails the intermediate host besides treatment of infected people.

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Vol3 No.1 -2 : Hepatitis Delta Virus among Hepatitis B Virus Infected Patients in Jordan: Where Do We Stand?

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By : ’Samer F. Swedan, 2Ziad A. Elnasser and ’Majd N. Brik Hnidi

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Infection by Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) which can only replicate in the presence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Prevalence of HDV in Jordan is lacking. Blood samples were randomly obtained from 100 patients seropositive for active HBV. Sera were analyzed using highly sensitive and specific ELISA kits for the presence of specific HBV and HDV antigens and antibodies. Overall, samples were collected from 70 males and 30 females with an average age of 37.9 years and an age range of 13-62 years. The 94% of samples were from individuals older than 18 years. All samples were confirmed for the presence of active HBV infection. The 1 and 3% of the HBV infected individuals demonstrated markers of active and recovered HDV infection, respectively. These findings suggest that HBV positive individuals have a small but significant risk of acquiring HDV. We recommend the implementation of periodical testing for HDV infection among all HBV infected individuals and the administration of the HBV vaccine to unvaccinated individuals.

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