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. 2020 Jun 25;9(6):e18419. doi: 10.2196/18419

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

Research staff training The research staff were oriented on how to deliver the health education package
June 2016

Baseline survey N/Aa
June-July 2016

Video shown twice Inform about STHb transmission and prevention

Student questions Repeat key messages and answer students’ questions

Distribution of pamphlet (comic) Key messages as take-home message
July-August 2016

Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) N/A
August-September 2016

Video shown twice Reinforce knowledge about STH transmission and prevention

Student questions 10-15 min classroom discussion based on student questions Repeat key messages and answer students’ questions
August-September 2016

Essay competition; write story about own actions taken to prevent worm infection Practice and reinforce new knowledge
November 2016-January 2017

First follow-up survey N/A
January-February 2017

Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) N/A
June-July 2017

Second follow-up survey N/A
July-August 2017

Participants received treatment at school (as part of the National Deworming Month program) N/A

aNot applicable.

bSTH: soil-transmitted helminth.