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KMID : 0377619750280050559
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1975 Volume.28 No. 5 p.559 ~ p.564
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A Study on Knowledge and Hygienic Habits about the Prevention of Parasitic Infection in Primary School Children
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Abstract
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This survey study was conducted to find out knowledge and hygienic habits about the prevention of parasitic infection in 432 public school and 250 private school children who were enrolled at the fifth grade during the period of February 18-22, 1975.
The results of this study were summarized as follows:
1) On educational background of the mothers, 25.5% Were graduates of college and over. The proportion between public and private school of the mother´s educational background were 14.9% to 85.1%.
2) Among surveyed students, 84.9% of them answered correctly on question of name of Ascaris lumbricoides (round warm) and 33.6% in case of clonorchis sinensis.
3) Correct response of knowledge test on symptoms and parasitic area of Ascaris lumbricoides were as follows.
a. "Vomiting and frequent pain in abdomen" -60.2% was correct answer in public school and 84.4% at the private school.
b. "Parasite at small intestine"-63.2% was correct answer in public school and 78.4% at the private school.
c. "Enter through mouth "-60.9% was correct answer in public school and 92.0% at the private school.
4) Correct answer was low in question of prevention method on I´aragonimus westermani (lung hook) was as low as 44.0%.
5) The question on suitable reservoir for a parasite were correctly answered in 62.8% of the student to the item of human feces and contaminated soil and.
the item of room dust was 1106.4, 05.
6) The question on safe washing method of vegetables was answered in 59.7% of the students in item "wash several times in running water".
7) The question on taking time for antiparasitic drug is whenever eggs are found in stool examination was correctly answered in 50.6% of the students.
8) The "yes" in question of whether did they have chance to learn about. parasite control at the school was 89.1% and 31. 6% of them responded it was athletic class.
9) The question on by whom did they learned was 90.5% answered they were taught by the class-room teacher, and 9.5% said by the school nurse.
10) The preferred foods of the students were mentioned as kimchi and Sang. chussam (fresh vegetables to eat) in 83.2% of the students.
11) No relationship between parasitic infection episode and age of mothers and birth order of students were found as a result of statistical test (chi-square test p>O.05).
12) Significant relationship between parasite infection history of the students and educational level of mothers; the lower the education of mother, the more times infected by the parasite warms (p <0.05).
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