Health Education Model Led by Community Health Volunteers.

Pemba Ministry of Health Zanzibar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Schistosomiasis; Health Education

Treatments: Behavioral: health education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06312462

PembaMoH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this intervention study is to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of students on schistosomiasis in Pemba Island. It aims to test the effectiveness of establishing a widely applicable Community Health Volunteers model in the Zanzibar region and explore the feasibility of promoting this model in other areas of Africa. This study also aims to provide valuable insights and references for global schistosomiasis prevention and control efforts.

Full description

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Conducting a survey to understand the current knowledge levels, attitudes, and relevant health behaviors of Pemba Island students towards schistosomiasis.

Performing qualitative research to analyze the factors influencing students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to schistosomiasis, as well as observing the facilitators and barriers to conducting health education among student groups, in order to provide a scientific basis for targeted intervention measures.

Testing the effectiveness of establishing a widely applicable community health volunteer model in the Zanzibar region and exploring the feasibility of promoting this model in other regions of Africa, thereby providing insights and references for global schistosomiasis prevention and control efforts.

Participants will select fourth and fifth grade students from two schools located in high-risk schistosomiasis prevalence areas on Pemba Island, with Kilindi Primary School as the intervention group and Shumba Viamboni or Chambani primary school as the control group from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025. Apart from the KAP survey, urine samples will be collected from students three times at least and the prevalence confirmed to compare the effectiveness of the two groups.

Enrollment: 978 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals whose grades fall within the scope of the survey Students who have not received health education intervention on schistosomiasis conducted by community health volunteers Students or parents who agree to sign informed consent and participate in the study Students residing in schistosomiasis-endemic areas

Exclusion criteria

• Students whose grades are not within the scope of the survey Students who have already received health education intervention on schistosomiasis Students or parents who refuse to sign informed consent or participate in the study Students who have been diagnosed with other serious illnesses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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978 participants in 3 patient groups

CHVs Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

A group of students who receive schistosomiasis health education intervention led by community health volunteers.

Treatment:

Behavioral: health education

Control A

No Intervention group

Description:

A group of students who do not receive schistosomiasis health education intervention led by community health volunteers. The control arm received conventional education.

Control B

No Intervention group

Description:

A group of students who do not receive schistosomiasis health education intervention led by community health volunteers. The control arm received conventional education.