%0 Journal Article
%T Awareness towards urinary schistosomiasis and its relation with active infection among primary school pupils and students in North Kordofan state, Sudan 2022.
%A Mustafa Ahmed GE
%A Ahmed EYM
%A Ahmed AE
%A Hemmeda L
%A Birier AB
%A Abdelgadir T
%A Hassan HMAE
%A Alfadul ESA
%A Bakr M
%A Sadig EAJ
%A  
%J Parasite Epidemiol Control
%V 25
%N 0
%D 2024 May
%M 38617199
暂无%R 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00346
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This study intends to evaluate the prevalence of active Schistosomiasis in school children, as well as their awareness, attitude, and behavior towards the illness in El-Rahad province.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>This facility-based analytical cross-sectional study among 495 primary school children aged seven to 13 in five villages; Structured and pre-tested questionnaires were used to collect the data in face-to-face interviews, in addition, urine samples were collected from each pupil and then assessed microscopically for S. Haematobium eggs Presence. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 25.0.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A total of 424 primary school students participated in the study. Almost all the students (96%) had poor knowledge about urinary schistosomiasis. In general, 100% of the students had poor practices. Attitude revealed that females have lower chance of having the infection than their male counterparts. About 27% (n = 115) of them had active urinary schistosomiasis infection at the time of the study.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>The study revealed poor level of awareness and knowledge, positive attitude, and poor practices among primary school students. There was also high level of active infection among participants.