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April 29, 2026Health Science ReportsOpen Access

Prevalence and Associated Factor of Schistosoma Haematobium Among Primary School Children in Dubti City District, Afar, Northeast Ethiopia, 2022. “A Cross‐Sectional Study”

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SMSetitual MesfinSamara UniversityOAOsman AhmedJoint CommissionABAyenew BerhanDebre Tabor University

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Cross-sectional study assesses prevalence of schistosomiasis in school children, highlighting implications for effective interventions.

Key Points

  • This study aims to determine the prevalence and associated factors of Schistosoma haematobium infection among school-age children in Dubti city district, Ethiopia.
  • Conducted a school-based cross-sectional study from December 2021 to January 2022.
  • Recruited 416 school children using systematic random sampling and collected data using a structured questionnaire.
  • Analyzed urine samples using sedimentation and filtration techniques, with data evaluated using IBM SPSS and logistic regression.
  • Prevalence of S. haematobium was found to be 60.2% (95% CI: 55.41%, 64.90%) among 405 analyzed samples.
  • Filtration method revealed a higher sensitivity (60.2%) compared to the sedimentation method (39.8%).
  • Statistically significant factors associated with infection include sex (AOR = 0.568), residence (AOR = 0.490), swimming habits (AOR = 2.079), washing clothes near drainage (AOR = 2.68), and water source (AOR = 3.311).

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Mesfin et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f19fd5edf4b468248067f6https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.72430
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