Status of Soil-transmitted Helminth after Implementation of School-based Deworming Programmes in Five Districts, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Abstract
Background: South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, has endemic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. Nationally and globally, this parasitic disease is treated periodically, and its recommended impacts have been assessed over five years.
Method: This study examined STH prevalence and risk factors in the school-going children of South Kalimantan. This cross-sectional study was conducted from July to October 2019. Stool samples from primary school children in five South Kalimantan districts were processed using the Kato Katz helminth egg detection method. Individual interviews were used to assess STH and hygiene knowledge, attitude, and behaviour. We used both univariate and bivariate analyses to show how helminthiasis had spread and to find out how school-going children’s knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) were linked to helminthiasis.
Results: STH infections were detected in less than 5% of five districts. E. vermicularis (8 out of 21 positive samples) and Trichuris trichiura (5 out of 21 positive samples) were the two most frequent infections. We only found one youngster with a mixed disease, a combination of E. vermicularis and T. trichiura. A KAP statistics analysis revealed a significant relationship between behaviour and the frequency of infection cases in Balangan. However, in four districts, knowledge, attitude, and behaviour were not significantly associated with helminthiasis.
Conclusions: Students have low STH infection rates following regular deworming. Interestingly, children are infected with enterobiasis. We found hymenolepiasis in many children. Hence a comprehensive intestinal parasite control strategy must incorporate more than soil-transmitted helminths.
How to cite this article:
Rahayu N, Ferdina AR, Hidayat S, Kusumaningtyas H, Suryatinah Y, Ridha MR, Pangaribuan HU. Status of Soil-transmitted Helminth after Implementation of School-based Deworming Programmes in Five Districts, South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. J Commun Dis. 2023;55(4):
1-13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202347
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