Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections and associated risk factors among household heads living in the peri-urban areas of Jimma town, Oromia, Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study

Ethiopia has set national targets for eliminating soil-transmitted helminths (STH) as public health problems by 2020 and for breaking their transmission by 2025 using periodic mass treatment of children in endemic areas. However, the status of STH infection among the adults living in the same commun...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-09, Vol.17 (9), p.e0274702
Main Authors: Zeynudin, Ahmed, Degefa, Teshome, Tesfaye, Million, Suleman, Sultan, Yesuf, Elias Ali, Hajikelil, Zuber, Ali, Solomon, Azam, Khalide, Husen, Abdusemed, Yasin, Jafer, Wieser, Andreas
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Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Bivariate analysis
Children
Consent
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Diagnosis
Disease transmission
Distribution
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Fingernail
Health problems
Health risks
Helminthiasis
Households
Hygiene
Infections
Laboratories
Luminous intensity
Medicine and Health Sciences
People and Places
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Risk groups
Sample size
Sanitation
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Soils
Statistical analysis
Urban areas
Variables
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Summary:Ethiopia has set national targets for eliminating soil-transmitted helminths (STH) as public health problems by 2020 and for breaking their transmission by 2025 using periodic mass treatment of children in endemic areas. However, the status of STH infection among the adults living in the same communities remains unknown. The aim of this study, therefore, was to determine the prevalence and intensity of STH infections and associated factors among the household heads in the peri-urban areas of Jimma town, Oromia, Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in five peri-urban kebeles (smallest administrative unit in Ethiopia) of Jimma town from May to July 2021. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic and predisposing factors. The Kato-Katz concentration technique was utilized to detect and quantify the STH in stool samples. Both bivariate and multivariate analyses were done. P-value
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0274702