Table 1.
Details of the implementation of the health education package for soil-transmitted helminths in the intervention schools.
Date and education component | Aim | |
May 2016 | ||
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Research staff training | The research staff were oriented on how to deliver the health education package |
June 2016 | ||
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Baseline survey | N/Aa |
June-July 2016 | ||
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Video shown twice | Inform about STHb transmission and prevention |
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Student questions | Repeat key messages and answer students’ questions |
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Distribution of pamphlet (comic) | Key messages as take-home message |
July-August 2016 | ||
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Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) | N/A |
August-September 2016 | ||
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Video shown twice | Reinforce knowledge about STH transmission and prevention |
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Student questions 10-15 min classroom discussion based on student questions | Repeat key messages and answer students’ questions |
August-September 2016 | ||
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Essay competition; write story about own actions taken to prevent worm infection | Practice and reinforce new knowledge |
November 2016-January 2017 | ||
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First follow-up survey | N/A |
January-February 2017 | ||
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Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) | N/A |
June-July 2017 | ||
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Second follow-up survey | N/A |
July-August 2017 | ||
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Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) | N/A |
aNot applicable.
bSTH: soil-transmitted helminth.