[Project for the prevention of thyroid pathology and iodine prophylaxis education in the province of Campobasso].
A study carried out on primary school population in Campobasso district permitted us to evaluate the goitre prevalence and to effect advertising campaign about use of iodate-salt. In six months of 1997 we effected a screening of 7041 children aged 6-11 years. The project provided a clinical stage (goitre observation by means of inspection and palpation, auxological data picking) and an informative stage (divulgation of informative material, conferences with the teaching staff, television publicity). We attributed a score to the thyroid volume according to WHO classification. Among the 7041 children, 2093 (29.7%) presented goitre of 1A degree and 84 (1.2%) a goitre 1B. Our results showed in Molise a thyroid pathology prevalence higher to the threshold (10%) over that we can define a population affected with endemic goitre. From that the importance of screening programmes in the whole region and the promotion of interventions of iodine-prophylaxis.
Servizio di Diabetologia ed Endocrinologia, Università degli Studi Federico II, Napoli.
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D002648:Child; D006043:Goiter, Endemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012974:Sodium Iodide / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D012974:Sodium Iodide