%0 Journal Article
%T Risk Factors for Geo-Helminthiasis in Children Aged 6 - 36 Months in a Rural Health District in Cameroon
%A Isabelle Mekone Nkwele
%A Monono Naiza
%A Gervais Talla Kamga
%A Hugues Nana Djeunga
%A Jeannette Ep¨Ĥe Ngoue
%A Patricia Ep¨Ĥe Eboumbou
%A Suzanne Ngo Um Sap
%A Evelyn Mah Mungeh
%A Joseph Kamgno
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 391-400
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2024.142038
%X <strong>In</strong><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>troduction and Objectives:</strong></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Soil-Transmitted-Helminthiasis
(STH) is a</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> public
health problem in Cameroon. The control strategies currently in place,
particularly chemoprevention, has shortcomings linked to the target population,
which are school-age children. The objective was to determine the prev</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">alence and the risk factors associated with
geo-helminthiasis in chil</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">dren aged 0 to 3 years in a rural health
district. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Method:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> From December 2020 to May 2021, a descriptive and
analytical cross-sectional study of 376 children between 6 and 36 months was
carried out in the Akonolinga health district. This </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was a cluster sampling in 4 health areas. Stool samples were collected an</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">d
a</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">nalysed using the mini-FLOTAC method. The
results expressed as th</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">e num</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ber of
eggs per gram of stool. A questionnaire on socio-demographic and</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> lifestyle data was administered to the parents. The Chi-squared test was used
to </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">measure the association between
geo-helminth infection and the data co</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">llected. </span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">A multivariate analysis using logistic regression was performed (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">p</span></i></span></span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">&lt;</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">0</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">05).</span></span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><b><span
%K Akonolinga
%K Soil-Transmitted-Helminths
%K Children Aged 0 - 3 Years
%K Risk Factors
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=132021