Health and nutritional status of primary school children are factors determining the quality of human resources in the future. A cross sectional study was conducted at Kecamatan Curug Kabupaten Tangerang. At the beginning 1,288 primary school children, grade III, IV, V from 9 schools were screened. Among them 193 children (15 percent) suffered from anemia. Five children (2,6 percent) among the …
The severity of fecal contamination is determined by communal behaviour. Fecal contamination in soil can be measured by the presence of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in the soil. The soil quality as measured by the presence of the eggs can be used to evaluate the successfulness of health education, and as an input for the helminthiasis erradication program. The eggs of Ascaris lumbrioides can be ut…