Phil Nixon, Chiara Broccatelli, Perrin Moss, Sarah Baggio, Angela Young, Dana Newcomb
Healthcare social network research and the ECHO model™: Exploring a community of practice to support cultural brokers and transfer cultural knowledge
BMC health services research
parasite schistosoma haematobium causes urogenital schistosomiasis chronic infectious disease occurs mainly among schoolage children prevalence haematobium infection level intensity relative age gender status selected serum micronutrients among schoolage children investigated suburban communities bekwarra nigeria crosssectional schoolbased study randomly recruited 353 children aged 4 16 years five elementary schools june 2019 december 2019 gathered sociodemographic data child using semistructured questionnaire blood samples collected micronutrient analysis urine samples collected assessment haematobium infection total 57 1615 schoolage children infected haematobium girls n 34 963 frequently infected boys n 23 652 infection frequent among children aged 811 years n 32 2319 significantly associated age p 0022 gender p 0001 serum levels iron calcium copper zinc among infected children significantly lower noninfected children intensity infection negatively associated iron r 021 calcium r 024 copper r 061 p 0001 zinc r 041 p 0002 study showed haematobium infection adversely impacted micronutrient status schoolage children suburban nigeria measures lower prevalence schistosomiasis among schoolage children including efficient drug distribution education campaigns community engagement necessary research emphasises significance implementing infection prevention control interventions mitigate transmission prevalence schistosomiasis among school age children