title: Relationship between the rate of giardiasis and knowledge and practice of prevention in primary school children in south of Tehran.
abstract: In this study, 420 children (aged 9-12 years) were selected from two female primary schools in south Tehran and examined for parasite infection. The infection rate for Giardia was 18.1% (76 children) in both schools. The case group included 30 children that were selected from the school no. 1 with Giardia infection. The same number of children from the school no. 2 with Giardia infection was selected as the control group. After being treated by a pediatrician and cured of Giardia, all children in both groups were checked for parasitic infection. The case group and their mothers were separately covered by the health education programs for 3 months, whereas the control group was not covered. The,n both groups were checked three times for Giardia infection. The rate increased to 23.3% in the case group and 86.7% in the control group, showing a significant difference between two groups (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Health education Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Azam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hedayati
authors.forename: Javid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sadraei
authors.forename: Fazlollah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghofranipour
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D016829:Giardia lamblia; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools
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