Evaluation of the Effect of Mobilization at School Level on Behaviour Change in Favor of Malaria Control in the Health District of Mbandjock in Cameroon
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 703
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of school children to be trained with the malaria toolkit in order to educate adults on malaria control in different communities in the Mbandjock Health District
研究概览
简要总结
The main aim of this study is to determine the effect of awareness campaigns by school children targeting their communities on knowledge, attitudes, and practices in malaria control in the Mbandjock health district. A two-arm, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial will be adopted with the Mbandjock Health District as the test district and Sa'a Health District as control Health District. This will last from January 2017 to December 2020. The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method was used. The health area was selected in the ratio 2:1. A total of 209 pupils and 209 adults shall be enrolled from households located in Mbandjock. Similarly, 114 pupils and 114 adults will be recruited in Sa'a. In addition, 57 teachers shall be enrolled in the District of Mbandjock only. A total of 703 participants shall be enrolled during the study.
详细描述
General objective To determine the effect of awareness campaigns by school children targeting their communities on knowledge, attitudes and practices in malaria control in the Mbandjock health district.
Specific objectives
- To describe the socio-demographic characteristics of households in the health districts of Mbandjock and Sa'a at the time of the survey;
- To measure the change due the intervention on knowledge of malaria transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention in the health district of Mbandjock;
- To measure the change due the intervention on attitudes towards malaria diagnosis, treatment and prevention in the Mbandjock health district;
- To measure the change due the intervention on practices in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malaria in the Mbandjock health district.
Methodology Study design A two-arm, open label, randomized controlled clinical trial will be adopted with Mbandjock health district as the test district and Sa'a Health District a Control Health District.
Study site and study population The study population will be the entire population of the Mbandjock and Sa'a communities.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 9 Years 至 65 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children should be of school-going age.
- •Children belong to an authorized school.
- •Adult belonging to a household.
排除标准
- •Children not going to school.
- •Children not belonging to an authorized school.
- •An adult that cannot be identified with any household.
结局指标
主要结局
Number of school children to be trained with the malaria toolkit in order to educate adults on malaria control in different communities in the Mbandjock Health District
时间窗: 24 months
The intervention group will include 209 children to be trained with a toolkit on malaria in order to educate 209 adults in their different communities
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Pr Wilfred Fon Mbacham
Principal Investigator
Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM)