| Neglected Rural Public Health Issue: The Case of Intestinal Roundworms | |
| Zhang L. X. ; Cai Y. P. ; Wang X. B. ; Ma X. C. ; Medina A. ; Smith D. S. ; Rozelle S. | |
| 2013 | |
| 关键词 | deworming intestinal roundworms poor reinfection china schools prevalence provinces system |
| 英文摘要 | Despite increasing institutional and financial support, certain public health issues are still neglected by the Chinese Government. The present paper examines the soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection and reinfection rates by conducting a survey on 1724 children in Guizhou Province, China. Our results indicate that 37.5 percent of children had been infected with one or more of the three types of tested STH. However, only 50.4 percent of children reported having taken deworming medicine during the 18-month period before the survey. Of those who reported being dewormed, 34.6 percent tested positive for STH infections. Poverty and number of siblings are significantly and positively correlated with infection and reinfection, and parental education is significantly and negatively correlated with infection and reinfection. Given the ineffectiveness of treatment in these areas to date, for anthelminthic campaigns to actually succeed, China must pay more attention to local-level incentives to improve children's health. |
| 出处 | China & World Economy |
| 卷 | 21 |
| 期 | 3 |
| 页 | 25-43 |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| ISSN号 | 1671-2234 |
| 内容类型 | SCI/SSCI论文 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30052]  |
| 专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang L. X.,Cai Y. P.,Wang X. B.,et al. Neglected Rural Public Health Issue: The Case of Intestinal Roundworms. 2013. |
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