NSU Research Contributions
Title : Health educational intervention by school nurses to prevent children's helminthic infection in Bangladesh: A cluster non-randomized controlled trial
Authors : Sadia Alam Aivey, Md Moshiur Rahman, Yasuko Fukushima, Ashir Ahmed, Junaidi Budi Prihanto, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, and Michiko Moriyama
| Journal Article Title: Journal of Education and Health Promotion | Volume Number: 13 | Publication Year : 2024 | Issue Number: 1 |
| Index: indexed | Ranking: No Ranking | Publisher Name: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow | |
| Pages : 11 | |||
| Funding Source : None |
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Direct Sustainable Development Goals : SDG3 Good Health & Well-being SDG4 Quality Education |
Indirect Sustainable Development Goals : SDG6 Clean Water & Sanitation SDG17 Partnership for the Goals |
Sustainable Development Sub Goals : End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases Achieve universal health coverage Improve water quality and reduce pollution |
| Impact statement: This cluster non-randomized controlled trial is the first to introduce trained school nurses into the primary school environment in Bangladesh to provide evidence-based health education. The study demonstrates that school nurse-led interventions significantly reduce the prevalence of helminthic infections (from 10.6% to 5.5% in the intervention group) while substantially improving children's hygiene behaviors and health literacy. These findings provide a vital evidence-based mandate for health policymakers to sustainably recruit school nurses, bridging the gap in school health services and helping to reach global targets for infection control in resource-limited settings | Collaboration: Partner University | Keywords: Awareness; child; health education; hygiene; knowledge; school nursing |
