NCT03930901

Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Children

Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Schoolchildren in Malaysia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,142 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaya · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A health education learning package (HELP) has been improved and evaluated for its impact against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. 13 schools were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

Detailed description

This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an improved health education learning package (HELP) against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. The package has been tested by a pilot study in 2013 among children in 2 schools in Pahang state. In the current study, HELP package has been improved and children from 13 primary schools in 11 districts of six states in Peninsular Malaysia were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention. The evaluation involved soil-transmitted helminth infections and intestinal protozoa infections.

Conditions

• Intestinal Parasitic Infections
• Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Health education learning package	Health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), \& nail clipper).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-18
• Primary completion: 2017-11-15
• Completion: 2018-08-31
• First posted: 2019-04-29
• Last updated: 2019-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Malaysia