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

NCT04570241 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: MCCCAM/10/02/2016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 703
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Malaria

Keywords

Malaria; Awareness; Knowledge; Attitudes; Practices

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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

  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

Study Arms (2)

Group A-Malaria toolkit

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

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

Group B-No malaria toolkit

NO INTERVENTION

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. .

Interventions

Malaria toolkit BEHAVIORAL

Knowledge, attitude, and practice on malaria

Group A-Malaria toolkit

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM): lead

Study Sites (1)

Mbandjock Health District

Yaoundé, Centre Region, +237, Cameroon

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malaria; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Protozoan Infections; Parasitic Diseases; Infections; Mosquito-Borne Diseases; Vector Borne Diseases

Study Officials

• Esther Talla, MD

  MC-CCAM

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Wilfred Fon Mbacham, PhD

CONTACT

(+237) 677579180; wfmbacham@yahoo.com

Rose Leke, PhD

CONTACT

(+237) 699957329; roseleke@yahoo.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: A 2-arm, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial will be adopted with the Mbandjock health district as the test district and Sa'a Health District a Control Health District. 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.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 14, 2020
• First Posted: September 30, 2020
• Study Start: January 20, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2020
• Study Completion: December 31, 2020
• Last Updated: September 30, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: CSR
• Time Frame: December 2020 and for a period of at least 10 years
• Access Criteria: Must be a researcher or policy marker

Locations

CA (1)