| Author | Moraes Neto, Antonio Henrique A. de | |
| Author | Pereira, Adriana P. M. F. | |
| Author | Alencar, Maria de Fátima Leal | |
| Author | Souza Junior, Paulo Roberto Borges de | |
| Author | Dias, Rodrigo C. | |
| Author | Fonseca, Juliana G. | |
| Author | Santos, Clóvis P. | |
| Author | Almeida, João Carlos de Aquino | |
| Access date | 2011-05-03T18:43:37Z | |
| Available date | 2011-05-03T18:43:37Z | |
| Document date | 2010 | |
| Citation | MORAES NETO, A. H. A. et al. Prevalence of intestinal parasites versus knowledge, attitudes, and practices of inhabitants of low-income communities of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 107, p. 295–307, 2010. | en_US |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/2283 | |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | Springer | en_US |
| Rights | open access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Doenças Parasitárias | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Condições Sociais | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Saúde Pública | en_US |
| Subject in Portuguese | Países em Desenvolvimento | en_US |
| Title | Prevalence of intestinal parasites versus knowledge, attitudes, and practices of inhabitants of low-income communities of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00436-010-1861-7 | |
| Abstract | Intestinal parasites are the causative agents of common infections responsible for significant public health problems in developing countries and generally linked to lack of sanitation, safe water, and improper hygiene. More than two billion people throughout the world live with unrelenting illness due to intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs). The purposes of this study are to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices on IPIs and investigate the relationship with prevalence of intestinal parasites among a lowincome
group of inhabitants from two communities of the Travessão District area, Campos dos Goytacazes, north of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The two communities are known as “Parque Santuário,” which is an urban slum
with miserable living conditions, and “Arraial,” where the socioeconomic and educational levels are better, neither having a sanitary infrastructure with an excreta collection system. Questionnaires revealed that both communities had local and specific codification to denominate the intestinal parasites and present correct knowledge on the theme but ignored some aspects of IPI
transmission, with the Arraial population being better informed (p<0.05). The overall prevalence of IPIs in Parque Santuário (49.7%) was greater than in Arraial (27.2%) (p<0.001; prevalence ratio/95% confidence interval
1.83/1.50–2.23). This study reports the real IPI situation in the Travessão District and also reinforces the need to continue the investigation on the impact of combined prophylactic methods, educational measures,
and socioeconomic and sanitary improvements by governmental authorities and the local popular organization. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Ecoepidemiologia e Controle da Esquistossomose e Geohelmintoses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Ecoepidemiologia e Controle da Esquistossomose e Geohelmintoses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Ecoepidemiologia e Controle da Esquistossomose e Geohelmintoses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde. Laboratório de Informação em Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas Plínio Bacelar. Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia. Laboratório de Fisiologia e Bioquímica de Microorganismos. Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia. Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual. Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro. Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia. Laboratório de Fisiologia e Bioquímica de Microorganismos. Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. | en_US |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
