Knowledge and Practice of Worm Infection among Mothers of School Going Children of Arba VDC, Kaski, Nepal

Received: Nov. 30, 2014 Revised: Jan. 20, 2015 Accepted: Feb. 5, 2015 Published online: Mar. 30, 2015 Abstract Background Parasitic worms (helminths), are serious threat to life. A good knowledge of worm infection among the mothers of child bearing age could help to improve the scenario. The present study aimed to obtain the scenario of the knowledge, and practice of helminth infection in relation to the community’s existing knowledge in a village of western Nepal.