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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 1997 Dec; 28(4): 811-5
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-33388

ABSTRACT

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a common problem in communities with poor socio-environmental conditions. This study was undertaken to identify important socio-environmental predictors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bachok, a rural community in Kelantan for the development and implementation of an effective prevention and control program. Of 363 children randomly sampled, 38.8% were infected with soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Risk predictors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis found to be significant after adjustment included poor household hygiene score and large household size. The probability of being infected was 0.58 amongst children with both of these risk factors.


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Child , Child, Preschool , Environmental Exposure , Family Characteristics , Female , Helminthiasis/epidemiology , Humans , Hygiene , Infant , Malaysia/epidemiology , Male , Odds Ratio , Prevalence , Surveys and Questionnaires , Risk , Risk Factors , Social Environment , Socioeconomic Factors , Soil Microbiology
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 1993 Jun; 24(2): 293-301
Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-33734

ABSTRACT

The nutritional status of 896 Kadazan children below 6 years of age from 23 villages of Tambunan District were studied. When stunting and wasting were defined as those who were below two standard deviations of height-for-age and weight-for-height (Waterlow et al, 1977) and based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference population, 67.6% of boys and 66.8% of girls were stunted while 12.3% of boys and 8.3% of girls were wasted. Weaning foods and toddler feeding practices were unsatisfactory. The role of health education on child care and feeding practices is emphasized.


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Anthropometry , Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Child, Preschool , Female , Health Education , Humans , Infant , Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Malaysia , Male , Nutrition Surveys , Nutritional Status , Rural Population
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