Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Children

Impact of Health Education Learning Package Against Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Orang Asli Schoolchildren in Malaysia

A health education learning package (HELP) has been improved and evaluated for its impact against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. 13 schools were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Intestinal Parasitic Infections
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Health education learning package

Detailed Description

This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of an improved health education learning package (HELP) against intestinal parasitic infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in West Malaysia. The package has been tested by a pilot study in 2013 among children in 2 schools in Pahang state.

In the current study, HELP package has been improved and children from 13 primary schools in 11 districts of six states in Peninsular Malaysia were allocated into two groups (intervention and control groups) and the impact of HELP was evaluated after 3 and 6 months of baseline assessment and HELP intervention.

The evaluation involved soil-transmitted helminth infections and intestinal protozoa infections.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 1142
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Malaysia
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 50603
    • University of Malaya

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 8 years to 12 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Grade 2 - 6
• Orang Asli ethnicity
• Schools exclusively for Orang Asli

Exclusion Criteria:

• Grade 1
• Chronic sever diseases
• no consent
• schools for mixed population groups

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: PREVENTION
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Intervention; Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. Then, health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), & nail clipper).	Other: Health education learning package; Health education learning package (HELP) was introduced to children in the selected schools. The package involved different items and activities during the study period, e.g. comic booklet on the intestinal parasitic infections, stand banners, posters, lectures, songs, drawing competition, puppet show, lectures, with a toolkit that involved soap, slipper (plastic clogs shoes), & nail clipper).; Other Names: HELP
NO_INTERVENTION: Control; Children in this group were examined for intestinal parasites and then treated accordingly. They were follow up for 6 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Re-infection rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques	Prevalence rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Intensity rate of intestinal parasitic infections using multiple parasitological and molecular diagnostic techniques	Intensity rate of Intestinal parasitic infections before and after health education	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Malaya
• Investigators: Study Director: Hesham M Al-Mekhlafi, PhD, University of Malaya

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Al-Delaimy AK, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Lim YA, Nasr NA, Sady H, Atroosh WM, Mahmud R. Developing and evaluating health education learning package (HELP) to control soil-transmitted helminth infections among Orang Asli children in Malaysia. Parasit Vectors. 2014 Sep 2;7:416. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-416.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): April 18, 2017
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): November 15, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): August 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 5, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 29, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 29, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 26, 2019
• Last Verified: April 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Health education; Intestinal Parasitic Infections; Soil-transmitted helminth infections
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Gastrointestinal Diseases; Intestinal Diseases; Infections; Communicable Diseases; Parasitic Diseases; Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
• Other Study ID Numbers: 202016000190-85

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No