Talk:Mass deworming/Archive 1

Are these references MEDRS?
I have removed the following lines and references, on the basis that they are a) single primary sources b) they are making medical claims and c) they are positioned in the text as being on the same level as the Cochrane review. I'd appreciate discussion as to this, but my view is that they are not MEDRS compliant. But I also see that these can also be taken to be economic claims. So.. thoughts anyone?  JMWt (talk) 08:09, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

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A 2004 study in Kenya by Harvard economist Michael Kremer and University of California economist Edward Miguel found that deworming reduces worm infections in both treated children, and untreated children living nearby (through reduced disease transmission. Additionally, deworming improves school attendance for treated and nearby untreated children. Additional studies documenting the educational and economic impact of deworming include a World Bank Economic Review paper that reviews the literature.

A separate study by World Bank economist Owen Ozier's shows that preschool-age Kenyan children who lived in communities where a deworming program was conducted, and thus were exposed to epidemiological spillovers, showed cognitive improvements ten years later. A randomized controlled trial by Harvard researcher Kevin Coke] finds that Ugandan children randomly exposed to more years of deworming have higher test scores in literacy and numeracy 7 to 8 years later.

Miguel, Kremer, Hicks, and Baird find that 10 years after deworming, Kenyan women who were dewormed for more years as girls were 25% more likely to have attended secondary school, and men who were dewormed for more years as boys worked 17% more hours and had better labor market outcomes, including higher earnings. Hoyt Bleakley finds that deworming in the U.S. in the early 1900’s lead to increased school enrollment and attendance for children, and improved literacy and income for adults who were treated as children. This study is a difference-in-difference design, rather than a randomized control trial.