PMID- 32584263
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 1929-0748 (Print)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Electronic)
IS  - 1929-0748 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Jun 25
TI  - Determining the Impact of a School-Based Health Education Package for Prevention 
      of Intestinal Worm Infections in the Philippines: Protocol for a Cluster 
      Randomized Intervention Trial.
PG  - e18419
LID - 10.2196/18419 [doi]
LID - e18419
AB  - BACKGROUND: Repeated mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelminthics to at-risk 
      populations is still the main strategy for the control of soil-transmitted 
      helminth (STH) infections. However, MDA, as a stand-alone intervention, does not 
      prevent reinfection. Accordingly, complementary measures to prevent STH 
      reinfection, such as health education and improved sanitation, as part of an 
      integrated control approach, are required to augment the effectiveness of MDA for 
      optimal efficiency and sustainability. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to 
      determine the impact and generalizability of a school-based health education 
      package entitled The Magic Glasses for STH prevention in the Philippines. 
      METHODS: We conducted a cluster randomized controlled intervention trial, 
      involving 2020 schoolchildren aged 9-10 years, in 40 schools in Laguna Province, 
      Philippines, to evaluate the impact of the school-based health education package 
      for the prevention of STHs. The trial was conducted over the course of 1 year 
      (June 2016 to July 2017). A total of 20 schools were randomly assigned to the 
      intervention arm, in which The Magic Glasses Philippines health education package 
      was delivered with the standard health education activities endorsed by the 
      Philippines Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd). 
      The other 20 schools comprised the control arm of the study, where the 
      DOH/DepEd's standard health education activities were done. At baseline, 
      parasitological assessments and a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey were 
      carried out in all schools. In addition, height, weight, and hemoglobin levels 
      were obtained from each child (after parental consent), and their school 
      attendance and academic performance in English and mathematics were accessed from 
      the school records. The baseline and 2 follow-up surveys were completed using the 
      same study measurements and quality-control assessments. RESULTS: Key results 
      from this cluster randomized intervention trial will shed light on the impact 
      that The Magic Glasses health education package will have against STH infections 
      in schoolchildren in the province of Laguna, located on the Island of Luzon, in 
      the Calabarzon Region of the Philippines. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the trial 
      will be used to assess the generalizability of the impact of The Magic Glasses 
      health education package in different epidemiological and cultural settings, 
      providing evidence for translation of this health education package into public 
      health policy and practice in the Asian region and beyond. TRIAL REGISTRATION: 
      Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number ACTRN12616000508471; 
      https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=368849. 
      INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/18419.
CI  - (c)Mary Lorraine S Mationg, Gail M Williams, Veronica L Tallo, Remigio M Olveda, 
      Eindra Aung, Portia Alday, Mark Donald Renosa, Chona Mae Daga, Jhoys Landicho, 
      Maria Paz Demonteverde, Eunice Dianne Santos, Thea Andrea Bravo, Franziska A 
      Angly Bieri, Yuesheng Li, Archie C A Clements, Peter Steinmann, Kate Halton, 
      Donald E Stewart, Donald P McManus, Darren J Gray. Originally published in JMIR 
      Research Protocols (http://www.researchprotocols.org), 25.06.2020.
FAU - Mationg, Mary Lorraine S
AU  - Mationg MLS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0161-419X
AD  - Research School of Population Heath, The Australian National University, 
      Canberra, Australia.
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Williams, Gail M
AU  - Williams GM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4822-5263
AD  - School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
FAU - Tallo, Veronica L
AU  - Tallo VL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8389-8722
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Olveda, Remigio M
AU  - Olveda RM
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Aung, Eindra
AU  - Aung E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7297-5593
AD  - Research School of Population Heath, The Australian National University, 
      Canberra, Australia.
AD  - St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
FAU - Alday, Portia
AU  - Alday P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9360-8477
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Renosa, Mark Donald
AU  - Renosa MD
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7414-7174
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Daga, Chona Mae
AU  - Daga CM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7198-8691
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Landicho, Jhoys
AU  - Landicho J
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0152-2658
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Demonteverde, Maria Paz
AU  - Demonteverde MP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5905-5909
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Santos, Eunice Dianne
AU  - Santos ED
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5914-2597
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Bravo, Thea Andrea
AU  - Bravo TA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3747-3103
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Research Institute for Tropical 
      Medicine, Manila, Philippines.
FAU - Angly Bieri, Franziska A
AU  - Angly Bieri FA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6239-1463
AD  - Research School of Population Heath, The Australian National University, 
      Canberra, Australia.
FAU - Li, Yuesheng
AU  - Li Y
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5202-2509
AD  - Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer 
      Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
AD  - Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, World Health Organization Collaborating 
      Centre for Research and Control on Schistosomiasis in Lake Region, Yueyang, 
      China.
FAU - Clements, Archie C A
AU  - Clements ACA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7601-325X
AD  - Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
FAU - Steinmann, Peter
AU  - Steinmann P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4800-3019
AD  - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
AD  - University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
FAU - Halton, Kate
AU  - Halton K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9785-1458
AD  - School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, 
      Brisbane, Australia.
FAU - Stewart, Donald E
AU  - Stewart DE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7588-7273
AD  - Research School of Population Heath, The Australian National University, 
      Canberra, Australia.
AD  - School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
FAU - McManus, Donald P
AU  - McManus DP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6443-1449
AD  - Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Infectious Diseases Division, QIMR Berghofer 
      Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
FAU - Gray, Darren J
AU  - Gray DJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3525-1339
AD  - Research School of Population Heath, The Australian National University, 
      Canberra, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200625
PL  - Canada
TA  - JMIR Res Protoc
JT  - JMIR research protocols
JID - 101599504
PMC - PMC7381005
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Magic Glasses
OT  - Philippines
OT  - integrated control
OT  - randomized controlled trial
OT  - school-based health educational intervention
OT  - soil-transmitted helminths
COIS- Conflicts of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2020/06/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/26 06:01
PMCR- 2020/06/25
CRDT- 2020/06/26 06:00
PHST- 2020/03/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/04/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/04/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - v9i6e18419 [pii]
AID - 10.2196/18419 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Jun 25;9(6):e18419. doi: 10.2196/18419.