Mobilization at the Level of Schools on the Behavioral Change in Favor of the Fight Against Malaria in Mbandjock
NCT ID: NCT04570241
Last Updated: 2020-09-30
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
703 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-01-20
2020-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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.
Sampling method The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method was used. Since this method requires that the intervention zones be divided into supervision areas, the health areas of each district were considered as supervision areas. The health area was selected in the ratio 2:1. In the test district 11 health areas were used and 6 health district in the control district. 19 households were selected for each health area as required by the LQAS method.
Sample size A total of 209 pupils and 209 adults shall be enrolled from households 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.
Duration of study The study duration is three years. This will last from January 2017 to December 2020.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) method was used. Since this method requires that the intervention zones be divided into supervision areas, the health areas of each district were considered as supervision areas. The health area was selected in the ratio 2:1. In the test district 11 health areas were used and 6 health district in the control district. 19 households were selected for each health area as required by the LQAS method.
A total of 209 pupils and 209 adults shall be enrolled from households 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.
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Group A-Malaria toolkit
School children shall be trained on key malaria messages with a malaria toolkit. From the training received, the pupils will carry out awareness-raising in communities with key messages learnt.
Malaria toolkit
Knowledge, attitude, and practice on malaria
Group B-No malaria toolkit
School children shall not be trained on key malaria messages with a malaria toolkit. Pupils will not carry out awareness-raising in communities with key messages.
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No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Malaria toolkit
Knowledge, attitude, and practice on malaria
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Children belong to an authorized school.
* Adult belonging to a household.
Exclusion Criteria
* Children not belonging to an authorized school.
* An adult that cannot be identified with any household.
9 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM)
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Pr Wilfred Fon Mbacham
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Esther Talla, MD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
MC-CCAM
Locations
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Mbandjock Health District
Yaoundé, Centre Region, Cameroon
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Fidelia Tarla, MSc
Role: primary
Line Dongmo, MPH
Role: backup
Other Identifiers
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MCCCAM/10/02/2016
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id