Parasitological and nutritional status of school-age and preschool-age children in four villages in Southern Leyte, Philippines: Lessons for monitoring the outcome of Community-Led Total Sanitation

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part A, 2015, Pages 16-24

  Belizario, Vicente Y ^a,b   Liwanag, Harvy Joy C ^b,d   Naig, June Rose A ^b   Chua, Paul Lester C ^a,b   Madamba, Manuel I ^c   Dahildahil, Roy O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c Plan International Philippines   (Philippines)

^d ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Defecation; Intestinal helminthiasis; Preschool child; Sanitation; School age population; Tropical medicine

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SANITATION; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; CONSUMER; HAND WASHING; HYGIENE; SCHOOL; SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EASTERN VISAYAS; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHERN LEYTE;

DRINKING WATER; SOIL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SCHOOLS; SOIL;

EID: 84908138356     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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