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2. Determining the Impact of a School-Based Health Education Package for Prevention of Intestinal Worm Infections in the Philippines: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Intervention Trial

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Mationg, Mary Lorraine S, Williams, Gail M, Tallo, Veronica L, Olveda, Remigio M, Aung, Eindra, Alday, Portia, Reñosa, Mark Donald, Daga, Chona Mae, Landicho, Jhoys, Demonteverde, Maria Paz, Santos, Eunice Dianne, Bravo, Thea Andrea, Angly Bieri, Franziska A, Li, Yuesheng, Clements, Archie C A, Steinmann, Peter, Halton, Kate, Stewart, Donald E, McManus, Donald P, and Gray, Darren J

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Medicine, Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, R858-859.7
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BackgroundRepeated mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelminthics to at-risk populations is still the main strategy for the control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, MDA, as a stand-alone intervention, does not prevent reinfection. Accordingly, complementary measures to prevent STH reinfection, such as health education and improved sanitation, as part of an integrated control approach, are required to augment the effectiveness of MDA for optimal efficiency and sustainability. ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to determine the impact and generalizability of a school-based health education package entitled The Magic Glasses for STH prevention in the Philippines. MethodsWe conducted a cluster randomized controlled intervention trial, involving 2020 schoolchildren aged 9-10 years, in 40 schools in Laguna Province, Philippines, to evaluate the impact of the school-based health education package for the prevention of STHs. The trial was conducted over the course of 1 year (June 2016 to July 2017). A total of 20 schools were randomly assigned to the intervention arm, in which The Magic Glasses Philippines health education package was delivered with the standard health education activities endorsed by the Philippines Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd). The other 20 schools comprised the control arm of the study, where the DOH/DepEd’s standard health education activities were done. At baseline, parasitological assessments and a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey were carried out in all schools. In addition, height, weight, and hemoglobin levels were obtained from each child (after parental consent), and their school attendance and academic performance in English and mathematics were accessed from the school records. The baseline and 2 follow-up surveys were completed using the same study measurements and quality-control assessments. ResultsKey results from this cluster randomized intervention trial will shed light on the impact that The Magic Glasses health education package will have against STH infections in schoolchildren in the province of Laguna, located on the Island of Luzon, in the Calabarzon Region of the Philippines. ConclusionsThe results of the trial will be used to assess the generalizability of the impact of The Magic Glasses health education package in different epidemiological and cultural settings, providing evidence for translation of this health education package into public health policy and practice in the Asian region and beyond. Trial RegistrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number ACTRN12616000508471; https://www.anzctr.org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx?id=368849 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)DERR1-10.2196/18419

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2020
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5. Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Childhood and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms

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Jami, Eshim S, Hammerschlag, Anke R, Ip, Hill F, Allegrini, Andrea G, Benyamin, Beben, Border, Richard, Diemer, Elizabeth W, Jiang, Chang, Karhunen, Ville, Lu, Yi, Lu, Qing, Mallard, Travis T, Mishra, Pashupati P, Nolte, Ilja M, Palviainen, Teemu, Peterson, Roseann E, Sallis, Hannah M, Shabalin, Andrey A, Tate, Ashley E, Thiering, Elisabeth, Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia, Wang, Carol, Zhou, Ang, Adkins, Daniel E, Alemany, Silvia, Ask, Helga, Chen, Qi, Corley, Robin P, Ehli, Erik A, Evans, Luke M, Havdahl, Alexandra, Hagenbeek, Fiona A, Hakulinen, Christian, Henders, Anjali K, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Korhonen, Tellervo, Mamun, Abdullah, Marrington, Shelby, Neumann, Alexander, Rimfeld, Kaili, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Silberg, Judy L, van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Whipp, Alyce M, Tong, Xiaoran, Andreassen, Ole A, Boomsma, Dorret I, Brown, Sandra A, Burt, S Alexandra, Copeland, William, Dick, Danielle M, Harden, K Paige, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hartman, Catharina A, Heinrich, Joachim, Hewitt, John K, Hopfer, Christian, Hypponen, Elina, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Klump, Kelly L, Krauter, Kenneth, Kuja-Halkola, Ralf, Larsson, Henrik, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lundström, Sebastian, Maes, Hermine H, Magnus, Per, Munafò, Marcus R, Najman, Jake M, Njølstad, Pål R, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Pennell, Craig E, Plomin, Robert, Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted, Reynolds, Chandra, Rose, Richard J, Smolen, Andrew, Snieder, Harold, Stallings, Michael, Standl, Marie, Sunyer, Jordi, Tiemeier, Henning, Wadsworth, Sally J, Wall, Tamara L, Whitehouse, Andrew JO, Williams, Gail M, Ystrøm, Eivind, Nivard, Michel G, Bartels, Meike, and Middeldorp, Christel M

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Biological Psychology, Psychology, Serious Mental Illness, Brain Disorders, Pediatric, Human Genome, Genetics, Behavioral and Social Science, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 2.3 Psychological, social and economic factors, Mental health, Adolescent, Adult, Aggression, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Autistic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Child, Child, Preschool, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Loneliness, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Schizophrenia, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, depression, anxiety, repeated measures, genetic epidemiology, molecular genetics, Medical and Health Sciences, Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Developmental & Child Psychology, Clinical sciences, Paediatrics, Applied and developmental psychology
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ObjectiveTo investigate the genetic architecture of internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence.MethodIn 22 cohorts, multiple univariate genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were performed using repeated assessments of internalizing symptoms, in a total of 64,561 children and adolescents between 3 and 18 years of age. Results were aggregated in meta-analyses that accounted for sample overlap, first using all available data, and then using subsets of measurements grouped by rater, age, and instrument.ResultsThe meta-analysis of overall internalizing symptoms (INToverall) detected no genome-wide significant hits and showed low single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) heritability (1.66%, 95% CI = 0.84-2.48%, neffective = 132,260). Stratified analyses indicated rater-based heterogeneity in genetic effects, with self-reported internalizing symptoms showing the highest heritability (5.63%, 95% CI = 3.08%-8.18%). The contribution of additive genetic effects on internalizing symptoms appeared to be stable over age, with overlapping estimates of SNP heritability from early childhood to adolescence. Genetic correlations were observed with adult anxiety, depression, and the well-being spectrum (|rg| > 0.70), as well as with insomnia, loneliness, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, and childhood aggression (range |rg| = 0.42-0.60), whereas there were no robust associations with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or anorexia nervosa.ConclusionGenetic correlations indicate that childhood and adolescent internalizing symptoms share substantial genetic vulnerabilities with adult internalizing disorders and other childhood psychiatric traits, which could partially explain both the persistence of internalizing symptoms over time and the high comorbidity among childhood psychiatric traits. Reducing phenotypic heterogeneity in childhood samples will be key in paving the way to future GWAS success.

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2022

12. Cost analysis for “The Magic Glasses Philippines” health education package to prevent intestinal worm infections among Filipino schoolchildren

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Mationg, Mary Lorraine S., Williams, Gail M., Tallo, Veronica L., Olveda, Remigio M., Aung, Eindra, Alday, Portia, Reñosa, Mark Donald, Daga, Chona Mae, Landicho, Jhoys, Demonteverde, Maria Paz, Santos, Eunice Diane, Bravo, Thea Andrea, Bourke, Siobhan, Munira, Syarifah Liza, Bieri, Franziska Angly, Li, Yuesheng S., Clements, Archie C.A., Steinmann, Peter, Halton, Kate, Stewart, Donald E., McManus, Donald P., and Gray, Darren J.

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2023
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16. “The Magic Glasses Philippines”: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a health education package for the prevention of intestinal worm infections in schoolchildren

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Mationg, Mary Lorraine S, Williams, Gail M, Tallo, Veronica L, Olveda, Remigio M, Aung, Eindra, Alday, Portia, Reñosa, Mark Donald, Daga, Chona Mae, Landicho, Jhoys, Demonteverde, Maria Paz, Santos, Eunice Diane, Bravo, Thea Andrea, Bieri, Franziska Angly, Bedford, Andrew, Li, Yuesheng, Clements, Archie C A, Steinmann, Peter, Halton, Kate, Stewart, Donald E, McManus, Donald P, and Gray, Darren J

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2022
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21. Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age

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Ip, Hill F., van der Laan, Camiel M., Krapohl, Eva M. L., Brikell, Isabell, Sánchez-Mora, Cristina, Nolte, Ilja M., St Pourcain, Beate, Bolhuis, Koen, Palviainen, Teemu, Zafarmand, Hadi, Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Gordon, Scott, Zayats, Tetyana, Aliev, Fazil, Jiang, Chang, Wang, Carol A., Saunders, Gretchen, Karhunen, Ville, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Adkins, Daniel E., Border, Richard, Peterson, Roseann E., Prinz, Joseph A., Thiering, Elisabeth, Seppälä, Ilkka, Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Day, Felix R., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Allegrini, Andrea G., Rimfeld, Kaili, Chen, Qi, Lu, Yi, Martin, Joanna, Soler Artigas, María, Rovira, Paula, Bosch, Rosa, Español, Gemma, Ramos Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Neumann, Alexander, Ensink, Judith, Grasby, Katrina, Morosoli, José J., Tong, Xiaoran, Marrington, Shelby, Middeldorp, Christel, Scott, James G., Vinkhuyzen, Anna, Shabalin, Andrey A., Corley, Robin, Evans, Luke M., Sugden, Karen, Alemany, Silvia, Sass, Lærke, Vinding, Rebecca, Ruth, Kate, Tyrrell, Jess, Davies, Gareth E., Ehli, Erik A., Hagenbeek, Fiona A., De Zeeuw, Eveline, Van Beijsterveldt, Toos C.E.M., Larsson, Henrik, Snieder, Harold, Verhulst, Frank C., Amin, Najaf, Whipp, Alyce M., Korhonen, Tellervo, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Rose, Richard J., Uitterlinden, André G., Heath, Andrew C., Madden, Pamela, Haavik, Jan, Harris, Jennifer R., Helgeland, Øyvind, Johansson, Stefan, Knudsen, Gun Peggy S., Njolstad, Pal Rasmus, Lu, Qing, Rodriguez, Alina, Henders, Anjali K., Mamun, Abdullah, Najman, Jackob M., Brown, Sandy, Hopfer, Christian, Krauter, Kenneth, Reynolds, Chandra, Smolen, Andrew, Stallings, Michael, Wadsworth, Sally, Wall, Tamara L., Silberg, Judy L., Miller, Allison, Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Hakulinen, Christian, Pulkki-Råback, Laura, Havdahl, Alexandra, Magnus, Per, Raitakari, Olli T., Perry, John R. B., Llop, Sabrina, Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-Jose, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Sunyer, Jordi, Lehtimäki, Terho, Arseneault, Louise, Standl, Marie, Heinrich, Joachim, Boden, Joseph, Pearson, John, Horwood, L. John, Kennedy, Martin, Poulton, Richie, Eaves, Lindon J., Maes, Hermine H., Hewitt, John, Copeland, William E., Costello, Elizabeth J., Williams, Gail M., Wray, Naomi, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, McGue, Matt, Iacono, William, Caspi, Avshalom, Moffitt, Terrie E., Whitehouse, Andrew, Pennell, Craig E., Klump, Kelly L., Burt, S. Alexandra, Dick, Danielle M., Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted, Martin, Nicholas G., Medland, Sarah E., Vrijkotte, Tanja, Kaprio, Jaakko, Tiemeier, Henning, Davey Smith, George, Hartman, Catharina A., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Casas, Miquel, Ribasés, Marta, Lichtenstein, Paul, Lundström, Sebastian, Plomin, Robert, Bartels, Meike, Nivard, Michel G., and Boomsma, Dorret I.

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2021
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40. Chapter One - A review of health education activities targeting schoolchildren for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Southeast Asia, with emphasis upon the Magic Glasses approach.

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Mationg, Mary Lorraine S., Williams, Gail M., Tallo, Veronica L., Olveda, Remigio M., McManus, Donald P., Stewart, Donald E., and Gray, Darren J.

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*BIBLIOGRAPHIC databases, *HEALTH education, *SCHOOL children, *HELMINTHIASIS, *HEALTH programs, *MAGIC
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Soil-transmitted helminths continue to be a serious problem causing disease and morbidity globally. Children, mostly school-aged, are more at risk of these infections. The main strategy for control remains to be the mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelminthic drugs. With the limitation of MDA to prevent re-infection, the need for additional approaches such as hygiene education and improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure are required. Although the importance of health education as a crucial component of an integrated approaches to STH control is highlighted, this component has often been disregarded because the other more complex solutions have been the focus of most studies and programmes. We performed literature searches from four bibliographic databases - Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science and Cochrane Library - to determine availability of studies on the impact of health education interventions targeting STH infections on schoolchildren in Southeast Asia. Our review found only three studies that evaluated health education interventions targeting children. The current lack of evidence in this area suggests the need for more studies assessing the impact of health education intervention for STH control. A successful health education programme for STH called "The Magic Glasses" has been developed targeting schoolchildren in China and the Philippines. This public health intervention displayed significant impact in terms of improving knowledge, attitude and practices, reducing prevalence of STH infections in schoolchildren and encouraging compliance to MDA. This article details the successes and benefits of the Magic Glasses programme as a promising control tool for STH in the Southeast Asian region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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