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Hookworm Infections : Prevention

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Prevention List

Prevention could include:
  • Avoid Contact with Soil
  • Wear Shoes Outdoors

Prevention Overview Articles

Hookworm
Improvement in sanitation measures in developing countries is necessary for prevention of infection.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Hookworm Disease
Prevention of hookworm disease involves improving sanitation and avoiding contact with soil in areas with high rates of hookworm infection. Children should be required to wear shoes when playing outside in such areas, and people who are gardening ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Prevention Articles

Sanitation
Sanitation is a basic, as well as a long-standing, public health issue. When early peoples settled in communities and started to cultivate crops and raise animals, sanitation became a primary concern for society.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Using the Proper Glove for the Job
If you work with cutting tools, punching machines, chemicals, or splintering wood, you risk a disabling hand injury if you don't wear the right glove.
Source:StayWell
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