Nutritional status and intestinal parasitosis in school-enrolled and non-enrolled school-age children in Yangon

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dc.contributor.authorThein Hlaingen_US
dc.contributor.authorWin Win Khineen_US
dc.contributor.authorTin Tin Thanen_US
dc.contributor.authorThan Sawen_US
dc.contributor.authorMyo Khinen_US
dc.contributor.authorMyint Myint Soeen_US
dc.contributor.authorSan Shween_US
dc.contributor.authorMa Ma Yien_US
dc.contributor.authorSan Kyawen_US
dc.contributor.authorAung Tunen_US
dc.contributor.authorKhwar Nyo Zinen_US
dc.contributor.authorPhyu Phyu Ayeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-30T08:45:54Z
dc.date.available2009-06-30T08:45:54Z
dc.date.created1995-08-01en_US
dc.date.issued1995-08-01en_US
dc.description.abstractIn Myanmar, over 38 percent of children in the age-group 5-9 years were never enrolled in school in 1990. Also, there is a lack of information on the comparative prevalence of malnutrition and intestinal parasitosis among school-enrolled and non-enrolled school-age children in Myanmar. We, therefore, undertook a cross-sectional survey comprising 3325 school children from 13 primary schools and 164 non-enrolled school-age children from neighbouring quarters in Tharkayta and Mingaladon townships of Yangon during December 1993. Height and weight of the children were measured and a total of 944 stool samples, including 148 non-enrolled children, were examined for the presence of intestinal parasites. Expressing the nutritional status as standard deviation scores for weight-for-height, the prevalence of wasting among 5-10 years non-enrolled school-age children was 19.8 percent, while that for school children of similar age was 13.9 percent. In addition, non-enrolled school-age children had higher infection rates than school children regarding Ascaris Lumbricoides (66.9 percent vs 50.1 percent), Trichuris trichiura (38.5 percent vs 23.9 percent), and Giardia lamblia (5.4 percent vs 2.7 percent). The policy implication of this study is that health and nutritional status of non-enrolled school-age children needs to be promoted and this should be partly solved by the provision of regular and periodic mass chemotherapy against major intestinal parasitoses influencing nutritional status.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThein Hlaing, Win Win Khine, Tin Tin Than, Than Saw, Myo Khin, Myint Myint Soe, San Shwe, Ma Ma Yi, San Kyaw, Aung Tun, Khwar Nyo Zin, Phyu Phyu Aye. Nutritional status and intestinal parasitosis in school-enrolled and non-enrolled school-age children in Yangon. Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 1995; 7(2): 86-91en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/126901
dc.subject.meshNutritional Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshMalnutritionen_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshIntestinal Diseases, Parasiticen_US
dc.subject.meshMyanmaren_US
dc.titleNutritional status and intestinal parasitosis in school-enrolled and non-enrolled school-age children in Yangonen_US
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