TY - JOUR
T1 - Household social determinants of ascariasis and trichuriasis in North Central Venezuela
AU - Quintero, Karen
AU - Durán, Carmen
AU - Duri, Deborah
AU - Medina, Flor
AU - Garcia, Josmar
AU - Hidalgo, Glida
AU - Nakal, Syndy
AU - Echeverria-Ortega, Maria
AU - Albano, Carlos
AU - Incani, Renzo Nino
AU - Cortez, Jackeline
AU - Jiménez, Sara
AU - Díaz, Marietta
AU - Maldonado, Cecilio
AU - Matute, Franklin
AU - Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Ascariasis and trichuriasis are highly prevalent parasitoses in tropical countries caused by . Ascaris lumbricoides and . Trichuris trichiura, respectively. Their prevalence is associated with poor sanitation and hygiene, among other biological and social factors. In this study, the associations of household social determinants with these soil-transmitted helminthiases in North Central Venezuela was assessed in the context of a National Study on Human Growth and Development (SENACREDH). This was a probabilistic, stratified, cross-sectional survey with a sample of 3388 individuals that weighted represents 4. 675. 433 inhabitants from the region. The prevalence of ascariasis and trichuriasis was 3.73% and 1.13%, respectively. In the univariate and multivariate analyses, these prevalences were significantly higher in those living in vulnerable houses [adjusted OR (AOR). =. 1.479, 95% CI 1.428-1.532; and AOR. =. 10.519, 95% CI 9.971-11.097, respectively], houses located in rural areas (AOR. =. 2.067, 95% CI 2.035-2.101; and AOR. =. 1.918, 95% CI 1.868-1.970, respectively) and houses with a soil floor (AOR. =. 5.027, 95% CI 4.895-5.162; and AOR. =. 5.190, 95% CI 4.944-5.448, respectively), among other factors. People living in rural households with inappropriate building materials, insufficient basic public services such as water and waste disposal, and surrounding disease-prone environments are at higher risk of acquiring . A. lumbricoides and . T. trichiura infections.
AB - Ascariasis and trichuriasis are highly prevalent parasitoses in tropical countries caused by . Ascaris lumbricoides and . Trichuris trichiura, respectively. Their prevalence is associated with poor sanitation and hygiene, among other biological and social factors. In this study, the associations of household social determinants with these soil-transmitted helminthiases in North Central Venezuela was assessed in the context of a National Study on Human Growth and Development (SENACREDH). This was a probabilistic, stratified, cross-sectional survey with a sample of 3388 individuals that weighted represents 4. 675. 433 inhabitants from the region. The prevalence of ascariasis and trichuriasis was 3.73% and 1.13%, respectively. In the univariate and multivariate analyses, these prevalences were significantly higher in those living in vulnerable houses [adjusted OR (AOR). =. 1.479, 95% CI 1.428-1.532; and AOR. =. 10.519, 95% CI 9.971-11.097, respectively], houses located in rural areas (AOR. =. 2.067, 95% CI 2.035-2.101; and AOR. =. 1.918, 95% CI 1.868-1.970, respectively) and houses with a soil floor (AOR. =. 5.027, 95% CI 4.895-5.162; and AOR. =. 5.190, 95% CI 4.944-5.448, respectively), among other factors. People living in rural households with inappropriate building materials, insufficient basic public services such as water and waste disposal, and surrounding disease-prone environments are at higher risk of acquiring . A. lumbricoides and . T. trichiura infections.
KW - Cross-sectional study
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Helminths
KW - Parasitic intestinal diseases
KW - Social determinants
KW - Venezuela
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861656652&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.03.002
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:84861656652
SN - 1876-3413
VL - 4
SP - 103
EP - 110
JO - International Health
JF - International Health
IS - 2
ER -
