Mental health key to tourism infrastructure in China's new megapark.

The global economic value of parks through improved mental health of tourists has been estimated at about ten times greater than direct park tourism expenditure. The Chinese term for this health services value is , psychological destressing. Here we present the first case where optimal tourist infrastructure is influenced by including mental health.

Soil-transmitted helminth infections and correlated risk factors in preschool and school-aged children in rural Southwest China.

We conducted a survey of 1707 children in 141 impoverished rural areas of Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces in Southwest China. Kato-Katz smear testing of stool samples elucidated the prevalence of ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infections in pre-school and school aged children. Demographic, hygiene, household and anthropometric data were collected to better understand risks for infection in this population.