00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-1685523046125428430 Buklod 20230503092606.0 a r |||| u| ta 071031s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPMNL-00000055796 LG 995 2001 E62 M33 Macero, Greg G. Pyoderma in children prevalence and relationship with undernutrition, poor personal hygiene and sanitation Greg G. Macero. 84 leaves. Thesis (Master of Science in Epidemiology)--University of the Philippines Manila. It has always been assumed that pyoderma is common in children in the rural communities because of poor living conditions. But no epidemiological study was reported to have determined the prevalence of this skin condition in children in the rural communities of this country. There was also no study on pyoderma in this country that was reported to have investigated the relationship of pyoderma with factors associated with poor living conditions, such as poor personal hygiene and sanitation, and with undernutrition.A cross-sectional study ws done in Viracm Catanduanes, with the following objectives; 1) to determine the prevalence of pyoderma among schoolchildren in Virac, Catanduanes, and 2) to determine the relationship of pyoderma with undernutrition, poor personal hygiene, and sanitation in schoolchildren in Virac, Catanduanes. The study surveyed fourteen public elementary schools and actually examined 781 schoolchildren.The results revealed that the prevalence of pyoderma in these children was 34higher than the hospital studies reported in the country and in similar community surveys abroad. Children with poor personal hygiene (OR=1.50; p=0.01) and poor sanitation (OR=1.37; p=0.04) were significantly more likely to have pyoderma than those having goog quality of these practices. No sufficient evidence was found in the study to show that undernourished children were more likely to have pyoderma than the well-nourished children.It is recommended that the health authority should investigate the reported high prevalence of pyoderma in children in the rural communities. Since no existing control program was noted in the province (Catanduanes), the loval health authorities is encouraged to initiate proper measures and should include, probably, the promotion of better personal hygiene and sanitation as an approach to control the development and spread of this skin condition. They should emphasize to the parents and to the school health personnel the need to encourage these children to take a bath regularly, have short and clean fingernails, etc., to reduce their predisposition to pyoderma. They should also encourage the parents to practice regular cleaning of floor (if used for sleeping) or dusting of bedding, linens, etc., before lying down to sleep, so as to prevent the transfer of pyoderma among family members.The study also recommends that the relationshipp of pyoderma with undernutrition should be further investigated considering the effects of both wasting and stunting, since the use of wasting alone in the present study was probably not sensitive enough to classify these children in terms of undernutrition. Pyoderma. UPMNL CPH LG 995 2001 E62 M33 Thesis