“Modelo educativo para prevenir parasitosis intestinal en los adolescentes de octavo, noveno y décimo año de la escuela de educación básica manuela espejo de la ciudad de Ambato”

Abstract

Parasitic diseases take a high place in Third World countries. They are responsible for debilitating, serious, chronic and sometimes mortal diseases. They can predispose to other diseases and they contribute to the decrease of the physical and mental capacity of the individual, compromising their productivity. They are important not only from a medical perspective, but also from social and economic one; they also represent an important factor for underdevelopment.(1) For this reason, this study was carried out with the aim of “Designing an education model to prevent intestinal parasitism in teenager of the eighth, ninth and tenth year of Manuela Espejo Elementary School of the city of Ambato”. The applied methodology was quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive. A survey divided into two parts was used. In the first part, housing risk factors and health-hygienic aspect were proven. In the second part, the knowledge level on parasites was tested, as well as infection and prevention. The SPSS application was used to tabulate and analyze the date to reach to conclusions. The results obtained from coproparasitary examinations depict that 41% of students do not have parasites, white 24% of blastocystis in general, form other parasites.