Intervención comunitaria en parasitosis intestinal en niños de 5 a 9 años de edad de la Parroquia Totoras del Cantón Ambato

Abstract

Intestinal parasites continue to be a serious public health problem, especially for children. The objective of the present study was to develop a community intervention in intestinal parasitosis in children between 5 and 9 years of age from the Totoras Parish of the Canton Ambato. It is an analytical, prospective, cross-sectional study; where 153 children were randomly selected and a stool sample was requested, which underwent a direct stool examination and a Willis technique, dewormers were given to children with intestinal parasites. In addition, a questionnaire was designed to identify the conditioning factors for the presence of intestinal parasites, evaluating before and after the intervention. 77.1% of parasites were obtained, prevailing polyparasitism (77%) over monoparasitism (23%) and chromists / protozoa over helminths (91.7% / 8.3%). The main species found were: Blastocystis sp. (31%), Entamoeba coli (21%) and Endolimax nana (18%). After the intervention, 71.1% of high knowledge about parasitosis was found. It is concluded that the children of the Totoras parish have a high frequency of intestinal parasites.