Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health education in learning and cognitive development of children infected, previously treated in an endemic area for helminthiasis. METHODS: It is a longitudinal, experimental, with random allocation of participants. The study inclu...
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| author | Lucas Lobato Aline Miranda Isabela Marinho Faria Jeffrey Michael Bethony Maria Flávia Gazzinelli |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health education in learning and cognitive development of children infected, previously treated in an endemic area for helminthiasis. METHODS: It is a longitudinal, experimental, with random allocation of participants. The study included 87 children of both sexes enrolled in the school hall of Maranhão, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and divided into two groups: intervention and control. Initially the children were submitted to the parasitological fecal examination for infection diagnosis and, when positive, they were treated. For the data collection, a structured questionnaire and the psychological tests Raven, Wisc-III and DAP III were applied, before and after the educational intervention. For the group comparison, the Mann Whitney test was used, and established significance level of 5%. RESULTS: It was found that previously infected children who received the educational intervention, children showed higher performance than the control group in strutured questionnaire (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It is acceptable to suppose the positive influence and the importance in the use of educational interventions in the cognitive recovery and learning of children previously treated with anthelmintics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-901e25fac10a4111bb2abd2d53ededfe2022-12-22T00:37:18ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492012-08-0145451451910.1590/S0037-86822012000400020S0037-86822012000400020Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health educationLucas Lobato0Aline Miranda1Isabela Marinho Faria2Jeffrey Michael Bethony3Maria Flávia Gazzinelli4Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisCentro Universitário Newton PaivaUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisGeorge Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityINTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of health education in learning and cognitive development of children infected, previously treated in an endemic area for helminthiasis. METHODS: It is a longitudinal, experimental, with random allocation of participants. The study included 87 children of both sexes enrolled in the school hall of Maranhão, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and divided into two groups: intervention and control. Initially the children were submitted to the parasitological fecal examination for infection diagnosis and, when positive, they were treated. For the data collection, a structured questionnaire and the psychological tests Raven, Wisc-III and DAP III were applied, before and after the educational intervention. For the group comparison, the Mann Whitney test was used, and established significance level of 5%. RESULTS: It was found that previously infected children who received the educational intervention, children showed higher performance than the control group in strutured questionnaire (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: It is acceptable to suppose the positive influence and the importance in the use of educational interventions in the cognitive recovery and learning of children previously treated with anthelmintics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000400020&lng=en&tlng=enAprendizadoCriançasDesenvolvimento cognitivoEducação em saúdeHelmintoses |
| spellingShingle | Lucas Lobato Aline Miranda Isabela Marinho Faria Jeffrey Michael Bethony Maria Flávia Gazzinelli Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Aprendizado Crianças Desenvolvimento cognitivo Educação em saúde Helmintoses |
| title | Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| title_full | Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| title_fullStr | Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| title_short | Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| title_sort | development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education |
| topic | Aprendizado Crianças Desenvolvimento cognitivo Educação em saúde Helmintoses |
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