Solange Aline de Carvalho
Brazil
Research Article
What Adolescents Know About Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Contributions to the Promotion of Health in High School
Author(s): Solange Aline de Carvalho and Guilherme MalafaiaSolange Aline de Carvalho and Guilherme Malafaia
Objective: The present study was carried out to identify perceptions and knowledge on the major intestinal parasites that affect adolescents (ascariasis, giardiasis and trichuriasis), and to assess their knowledge about the modes of transmission, prevention and the main vehicles of information used by these adolescents to obtain knowledge about these parasites.
Methods: For data collection, an investigative questionnaire was applied to high-school students, which sought to evaluate the level of their knowledge about the parasites mentioned, ways of transmission, preventive measures and the sources of information to obtain such knowledge.
Results: A population of 160 high-school students from technical courses of a federal education institute in Urutaí (Goiás State –.. View More»
