Valoración del efecto de una intervención educativa en relación al conocimiento higiénico y parasitosis en niños de sexto año de educación básica de la Escuela "Panamá". Período 2011-2012.

Abstract

The intestinal parasites are multiple conditions caused primarily by protozoa and helminths, have significant representation in both the field of health, environmental, social, economic and cultural development of a population being the most affected school-age children, where the main means of transmission is year cycle-hand-mouth due to lack of knowledge of health education, for this reason this study will attempt to assess the effect of educational intervention regarding hygienic knowledge and parasites, thereby contributing to appropriate solutions and effective treatment to control this disease.

There will be a quasi-experimental study, Applied Health Education as an intervention for children who attend school Panama. Taking into account that the main responsibility for health is each person include the first years of life, educational content on the value of self-care and prevention methods parasites.

The collection of data was obtained from information provided by the school, using forms, anthropometric measurements, laboratory tests performed before and after the procedure and that information is submitted has analysis and discussion with descriptive statistical methods.