Assessment of behavioral risk factors for parasitic diseases in children in Bishkek schools of the Kyrgyz Republic

This article presents the results of a survey of schoolchildren from the 3rd secondary school in Bishkek during the period from September 10, 2023 to December 30, 2023. Behavioral risk factors for contracting parasitism were assessed. A survey was conducted on 1105 school-age children, of which the share of children from 10 to 11 years old was 28.6%, from 12 to 13 years old - 39.1% and school age 14 years old was 32.3%, and of them 50.7% are girls and 49.2% are boys. The structure of respondents was dominated by persons in the age categories of 13 years (40.45%), 12 years (17.92%) and 10 years (16.83%). Respondents testified that they wash their hands two or three times during the day - morning and evening. Thus, 30.1% wash their hands in the morning, 28.7% in the evening, and 25.5% of respondents wash their hands before eating, and 24.9% wash their hands after visiting the toilet