Common infectious diseases among inmates in Dschang Prison, West Region, Cameroon.
| Autor: | Khan, Payne Vincent, Kesah, Fusi-Ngwa Catherine, Muluh, Tanning Kalvin |
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BLOOD testing
FECAL analysis COMMUNICABLE disease epidemiology ANALYSIS of variance CHI-squared test COMMUNICABLE diseases CORRECTIONAL institutions ECZEMA HEALTH education HYGIENE INFECTION INTERVIEWING PRISONERS PEDICULOSIS PHYSICAL diagnosis QUESTIONNAIRES SCABIES SKIN diseases T-test (Statistics) THRUSH (Mouth disease) DISEASE management DISEASE prevalence DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Infection Control / Revue Canadienne de Prévention des Infections; Fall2013, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p161-166, 6p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Welfare neglect and the deplorable state of the Dschang prison premises prompted an investigation to document common communicable diseases among the inmates of this prison, and to explore management options. Methods: For six months, visits were made to the Dschang prison to screen inmates for certain infectious diseases. A total of 109 consenting inmates were interviewed using a designed questionnaire. All 109 participants submitted faeces for bacterial culture and processing for parasites, 96 accepted a physical examination, and 90 gave blood for haematology and blood parasite tests. Results: Skin diseases predominated in study respondents who averaged 30 years. Findings included body lice (83%), scabies (62%), bedbugs (59%), eczema (33%), and less than 1 5% for pubic and head lice, thrush, skin rash, ringworm, and Junga penetrans. A significant variation (p<0.05) was observed in prevalence between faecal bacterial and parasitic pathogens - Salmonella (79%), Escherichia coli (74%) and Shigella (44%); and Ascaris lumbrlcoldes (27%), Hookworm (25%) and Trlchuris trichlura (6%) with overall intensities 724.14±821.65, 607.41 ± 694.58 and 241.67 ±235.41 respectively. Only Plasmodlum (3%) was identified in blood. Poor hygiene, malnutrition, overcrowding, sharing personal belongings, and lack of appropriate lodging and medical facilities including toiletries, bedding and potable water facilitated disease spread in the prison community.Conclusion: Due to their high prevalence in the inmate population, skin diseases, faecal bacterial pathogens, and parasitic infections were accorded priority consideration. Adequate provision of modern amenities, prompt disease management, and health- and hygiene-related education should promote an improvement of health among inmates in this prison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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