title: Comparison between Two Decades of Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Diseases and Risk Factors in a Brazilian Urban Centre.
abstract: Objectives. This study's objective was to compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors in children in urban communities, in the Brazilian Northeast, between two decades. Methods. This quantitative transversal study consisted of a comparative analysis of two different samples: the first viewing the years 1992-1996 and the other through a coproepidemiological data survey undertaken in 2010-2011. Results. It was evidenced that there was a reduction of intestinal parasites and that there were improvements in the socioenvironmental conditions between the two decades evaluated. It was observed that, in the period 1992-1996, playing out in the streets was associated with a higher risk for acquiring intestinal parasites. Over the 2010-2011 period, the characteristics of more than five residents per household, houses with dirt floors, children who live in homes without piped water, and children who play out in the streets were associated with a higher risk of intestinal parasitic infection. Conclusion. The study showed a reduction of intestinal parasitic diseases to 23.8% in 2010-2011 from 81.3% in 1992-1996 and improvement of the social-sanitary conditions of the population between the decades analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alves de Oliveira Serra
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cristina de Souza
authors.initials: Cde S
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Zirlane Castelo
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Branco Coêlho
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Naya Lúcia
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: de Castro Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Josias
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martins Vale
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Jânia
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco Josemar Alves
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: University of International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcio Flávio Moura
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Rua Monsenhor Furtado 177, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-350 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ivo Castelo Branco
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Coelho