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Prevalência de parasitoses intestinais entre crianças de 4-12 anos no Crato, Estado do Ceará: um problema recorrente de saúde pública

2011; UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE MARINGÁ; Volume: 33; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.8539

1807-8648

Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Izabel Alencar Barros Vasconcelos, José Wellington Oliveira, Francisco Rubens Filgueiras Cabral, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes,

Indigenous Health and Education

In this study, we estimated the frequency of intestinal parasites in 383 children in the Pinto Madeira neighborhood of Crato-Ceará State. A survey was conducted covering households with 4- to 12-year-old children, including interviews and coprological surveys using the Kato-Katz and Faust methods. An association was identified between intestinal parasitosis and sanitation, forms of use and availability of water. The prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides and Entamoeba sp was demonstrated. The data also showed that the prevalence of helminths and protozoa was significantly higher for 4- to 5-year-old boys and 6- to 7-year-old girls, children of mothers with less education, living in households with poor conditions of water supply, hygiene and sanitation. These results suggest that investments in sanitary structure and the adoption of policies to improve family education could help significantly in reducing the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children.