Mobilization at the Level of Schools on the Behavioral Change in Favor of the Fight Against Malaria in Mbandjock

September 25, 2020 updated by: Pr Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM)

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

703

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Cameroon
    • Centre
      • Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon, +237
        • Recruiting
        • Mbandjock Health District
        • Contact:
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

9 years to 65 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children should be of school-going age.
  • Children belong to an authorized school.
  • Adult belonging to a household.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children not going to school.
  • Children not belonging to an authorized school.
  • An adult that cannot be identified with any household.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: 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.
Behavioral: Malaria toolkit
Knowledge, attitude, and practice on malaria
No Intervention: 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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What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
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
Time Frame: 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
24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM)

Investigators

  • Study Director: Esther Talla, MD, MC-CCAM

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 20, 2017

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2020

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 31, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 14, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

September 30, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 30, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2020

Last Verified

September 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MCCCAM/10/02/2016

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

Data on knowledge, attitude, and practice of malaria will be shared with the scientific community and policy makers

IPD Sharing Time Frame

December 2020 and for a period of at least 10 years

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

Must be a researcher or policy marker

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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