{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,3]],"date-time":"2025-04-03T00:02:06Z","timestamp":1743638526634},"reference-count":36,"publisher":"Cambridge University Press (CUP)","issue":"13","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,30]],"date-time":"2009-01-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1233273600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/terms"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Parasitology"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,11]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>SUMMARY<\/jats:title><jats:p>Control programmes generally use a school-based strategy of mass drug administration to reduce morbidity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) in school-aged populations. The success of school-based programmes depends on treatment coverage. The community-directed treatment (ComDT) approach has been implemented in the control of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis in Africa and improves treatment coverage. This study compared the treatment coverage between the ComDT approach and the school-based treatment approach, where non-enrolled school-aged children were invited for treatment, in the control of schistosomiasis and STH among enrolled and non-enrolled school-aged children. Coverage during the first treatment round among enrolled children was similar for the two approaches (ComDT: 80\u00b73% <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> school: 82\u00b71%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0\u00b7072). However, for the non-enrolled children the ComDT approach achieved a significantly higher coverage than the school-based approach (80\u00b70 <jats:italic>versus<\/jats:italic> 59\u00b72%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0\u00b7001). Similar treatment coverage levels were attained at the second treatment round. Again, equal levels of treatment coverage were found between the two approaches for the enrolled school-aged children, while the ComDT approach achieved a significantly higher coverage in the non-enrolled children. The results of this study showed that the ComDT approach can obtain significantly higher treatment coverage among the non-enrolled school-aged children compared to the school-based treatment approach for the control of schistosomiasis and STH.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0031182008000474","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,30]],"date-time":"2009-01-30T04:57:46Z","timestamp":1233291466000},"page":"1781-1788","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Can coverage of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiasis control programmes targeting school-aged children be improved? New approaches"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"136","author":[{"given":"K.","family":"MASSA","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"OLSEN","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"A.","family":"SHESHE","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R.","family":"NTAKAMULENGA","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"B.","family":"NDAWI","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P.","family":"MAGNUSSEN","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref021","unstructured":"TDR (2000 a). Community-Directed Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis in Africa. Report of a Multi-Country Study in Ghana and Kenya. UNDP\/World Bank\/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref036","first-page":"27","article-title":"Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda","volume":"5","author":"Zhang","year":"2007","journal-title":"BioMed Central Medicine"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref028","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0035-9203(90)90334-B"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref017","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-4-27"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref034","volume-title":"Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases","year":"2004"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref026","unstructured":"United Nations (2005). The Millennium Development Goals Report. UN, New York."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref022","unstructured":"TDR (2000 b). Report of a Multi-Country Study. Implementation and Sustainability of Community-Directed Treatment of Onchocerciasis with Ivermectin. UNDP\/World Bank\/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref019","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-3156.1999.00439.x"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref008","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trstmh.2008.07.009"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref015","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trstmh.2007.03.006"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref032","volume-title":"Report of the WHO Informal Consultation on the Use of Praziquantel During Pregnancy\/Lactation and Albendazole\/Mebendazole in Children Under 24 Months","year":"2002"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref011","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(01)90034-3"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref006","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1471-4922(02)02318-8"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref005","first-page":"1937","article-title":"Efficacy of current drugs against soil-transmitted helminth infections. Systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"299","author":"Keiser","year":"2008","journal-title":"Journal of the American Medical Association"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref002","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/heapol\/czm041"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref003","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(96)90506-4"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref004","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trstmh.2005.03.015"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref007","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(01)90333-5"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref012","volume-title":"Population and Housing Census: Village and Street Statistics","year":"2002"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref023","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4314\/ejhd.v15i2.9885"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref029","unstructured":"World Health Organization (1998). Report of the WHO Informal Consultation on Schistosomiasis Control. WHO\/CDS\/CPC\/SIP\/99.2. World Health Organization, Geneva."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref024","volume-title":"Educational for All Assessment. Statistical Document","year":"2000"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref031","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2002 a). Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis. First report of the Joint WHO Expert Committees, WHO Technical Report Series No. 912. World Health Organization, Geneva."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref020","volume-title":"Tanzania in Figures","year":"2004"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref027","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(99)90127-X"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref010","volume-title":"Helminth Control in School-Age Children: A Guide for Managers of Control Programmes","author":"Montresor","year":"2002"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref013","volume-title":"Population. Agriculture and Livestock Survey","year":"2004"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref014","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1360-2276.2003.01124.x"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref030","volume-title":"Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections","year":"2001"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref016","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0035-9203(97)90370-9"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref035","unstructured":"World Health Organization (2006). Action Against Worms. PPC Newsletter, January, 6, 1\u201310. World Health Organization, Geneva."},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref018","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2334-4-40"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref001","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.trstmh.2004.01.001"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref009","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0001-706X(03)00042-1"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref033","volume-title":"Action against worms","year":"2003"},{"key":"S0031182008000474_ref025","unstructured":"United Nations (2002). SCN News. A Periodic Review of Development in International Nutrition. School-Age Children Their Health and Nutrition. United Nations System. No. 25."}],"container-title":["Parasitology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/services\/aop-cambridge-core\/content\/view\/S0031182008000474","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,30]],"date-time":"2019-04-30T06:09:35Z","timestamp":1556604575000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/product\/identifier\/S0031182008000474\/type\/journal_article"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,30]]},"references-count":36,"journal-issue":{"issue":"13","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2009,11]]}},"alternative-id":["S0031182008000474"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/s0031182008000474","relation":{},"ISSN":["0031-1820","1469-8161"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0031-1820","type":"print"},{"value":"1469-8161","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2009,1,30]]}}}