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School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in Burkina Faso

Erismann, Séverine and Diagbouga, Serge and Schindler, Christian and Odermatt, Peter and Knoblauch, Astrid M. and Gerold, Jana and Leuenberger, Andrea and Shrestha, Akina and Tarnagda, Grissoum and Utzinger, Jürg and Cissé, Guéladio. (2017) School children's intestinal parasite and nutritional status 1 year after complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions in Burkina Faso. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 97 (3). pp. 904-913.

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Abstract

The potential health benefits of combined agricultural, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) interventions are poorly understood. We aimed to determine whether complementary school garden, nutrition, and WASH interventions reduce intestinal parasites and improve school children's nutritional status in two regions of Burkina Faso. A cluster-randomized controlled trial was conducted in the Plateau Central and Center-Ouest regions of Burkina Faso. A total of 360 randomly selected children, aged 8-15 years, had complete baseline and end-line survey data. Mixed regression models were used to assess the impact of the interventions, controlling for baseline characteristics. The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections decreased both in intervention and control schools, but the decrease was significantly higher in the intervention schools related to the control schools (odds ratio [OR] of the intervention effect = 0.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.1-0.5). Indices of undernutrition did not decrease at end-line in intervention schools. Safe handwashing practices before eating and the use of latrines at schools were significantly higher in the intervention schools than in the control schools at end-line (OR = 6.9, 95% CI = 1.4-34.4, and OR = 14.9, 95% CI = 1.4-153.9, respectively). Parameters of water quality remained unchanged. A combination of agricultural, nutritional, and WASH-related interventions embedded in the social-ecological systems and delivered through the school platform improved several child health outcomes, including intestinal parasitic infections and some WASH-related behaviors. Sustained interventions with stronger household and community-based components are, however, needed to improve school children's health in the long-term.
Faculties and Departments:09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) > Systems Strengthening and Health Promotion (Prytherch)
UniBasel Contributors:Erismann, Séverine and Schindler, Christian and Odermatt, Peter and Knoblauch, Astrid and Gerold, Jana and Leuenberger, Andrea and Shrestha, Akina and Utzinger, Jürg and Cissé, Guéladio
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Williams and Wilkins
ISSN:0002-9637
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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