AWARENESS ON TAENIASIS AND NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF CHANDANNATH MUNICIPALITY, JUMLA.
- Associate professor, Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
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Taenia solium, is becoming an increasing problem in Nepal with high prevalence?s of porcine cysticercosis and human taeniasis/cysticercosis detected in epidemiological studies undertaken in different parts of the country. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge and practice regarding Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis among the higher secondary school students of Chandannath Municipality. A total of 360 students from government and non- government colleges were taken. The colleges were selected by simple random sampling followed by selection of classes through convenient method. Among the majority of the respondents 233(64.7%) having some information about Taeniasis, only half of the respondents (54.0%) had heard of Neurocysticercosis whereas remaining (46.0%) had not heard of it. Regarding dietary practice, majority of the students (83.0%) were non-vegetarian with one third (33.6%) consuming pork. All of the respondents (100.0%) had toilet at home. It was found that there is need for further improvement in personal hygiene and environmental sanitation practices for prevention of Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis in the respondents. The finding indicated that there is need for health awareness programme about Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis in the community.
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[Lamsal S. (2017); AWARENESS ON TAENIASIS AND NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL STUDENTS OF CHANDANNATH MUNICIPALITY, JUMLA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 1919-1921] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
