Mustafa Ulukanl?gil|Adnan Seyrek
Demographic and parasitic infection status of schoolchildren and sanitary conditions of schools in Sanliurfa, Turkey
Harran University|Harran University
design development school health programmes require information demographic characteristics schoolchildren major health burdens schoolage group opportunities intervention appropriateness available infrastructure study aims analyse demographic parasitic infections status schoolchildren sanitary conditions schools sanliurfa province southeastern turkey three primary schools randomly selected shantytown apartment rural districts total 1820 schoolchildren 714 years age took part survey 1120 615 boys 700 384 girls child form including childs name sex age school grade parasitic infections school survey form including condition water supply condition latrines presence soaps basins presence garbage piles around schools used demographic parasitic sanitary surveys stool samples examined cellophane thick smear technique eggs intestinal helminths demographic survey showed number schoolchildren gradually decreased ages increase shantytown school sex ratio proportional second grade number females gradually decreased children shantytown rural schools apartment area schoolchildren proportionally distributed age groups gender even highgrade students prevalence helminthic infections 771 schoolchildren shantytown 532 apartment district 531 rural area ascaris lumbricoides prevalent species followed trichuris trichiura hymenolepis nana taenia species three schools sanitation survey indicated tap water limited shantytown school toilets sanitation poor available soaps lavatories garbage piles accumulated around schools shantytown rural area school apartment area well sanitised results indicated burden parasitic infections poor sanitation conditions constituted public health importance among shantytown schoolchildren school health programmes including deworming sanitation activities health education improvement sanitation conditions schools potential better health education schoolchildren programmes also offer potential reach significant numbers population shantytown schools high level absenteeism