Worm Infestation

The goal of this chapter was to investigate worm infestation knowledge among service receiving children, service delivering school teachers, and civil society participation and cooperation. As well as the impact of health education on research participants. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 1400 million people worldwide are infected with one of the three types of intestinal parasitic organisms. They are an infestation of roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms. Diseases connected with these infestations affect 200 million youngsters. Hookworm was found in 25 to 30 youngsters in India. Worm infection among children is caused by poor living conditions such as improper disposal of faeces and other wastes, overcrowding, unsanitary health practices, and inadequate environmental cleanliness. Worm infestations are caused by unsanitary practices, that's why the Government of India launched the National de-worming day programme in 2015, with a yearly two-phased observation in order to prevent worm infestations. Using a pre-tested questionnaire, a school-based cross-sectional intervention research was done to measure awareness of worm infestation among children, teachers, and the general community. To choose children, teachers, and community members, a systematic random sample, universal sampling, and a convenient sampling approach were used. The knowledge about worm infestation was measured in a baseline study, and after delivering health education, the Post-test was carried out using the same questionnaire on the same participants. The baseline test knowledge of school children was 51.36%, but the post-test knowledge was 83.73%. The baseline knowledge among school teachers was 57.11%, which climbed to 92.17% in the post-test, but the general population's baseline knowledge was 41.91%, which increased to 88.16% in the post-test. Despite the fact that the Indian government launched the national de-worming day initiative in 2015, only approximately 60% of the populace was aware of the worm infestation the programme. This study found that health education was the most effective way to improve the comprehension of worm infestation.