RESUMO
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.
Assuntos
Exposição Ambiental , Helmintíase/epidemiologia , Helmintíase/transmissão , Meio Social , Microbiologia do Solo , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Características da Família , Feminino , Humanos , Higiene , Lactente , Malásia/epidemiologia , Masculino , Razão de Chances , Prevalência , Risco , Fatores de Risco , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
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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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Infantil , Estado Nutricional , População Rural , Antropometria , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Educação em Saúde , Humanos , Lactente , Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição do Lactente , Malásia , Masculino , Inquéritos NutricionaisRESUMO
An anthropometric assessment was conducted on a sample of 309 children, aged twelve years and below, from an urban squatter community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The community consists mainly of Malays and Indians and is fairly established with a mean length of residence of about fifteen years. There was not much difference between the two ethnic groups with regard to educational status or income. Most of the residents were unskilled or semiskilled workers employed in factories and government agencies. About 40 percent of the infants and toddlers were found to be wasted, while about one-third of the older children were stunted. There appears to be some association between income per capita and nutritional status.
