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PLoS One ; 18(3): e0283160, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37000890

RESUMO

This study analysed acceptability and perceived barriers to reactive focal mass drug administration (rfMDA) among community members exposed to community engagement campaigns and malaria elimination interventions in Magude district, following mass drug administration (MDA) in the same district. The study used a formative qualitative study design, consisting of 56 semi-structured interviews with community members, including community leaders, household heads, women of reproductive age, members of the community and adolescents, 4 semi-structured interviews with community health workers, 9 semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals; and 16 focus group discussions with the general adult population. Data were collected between June and September 2017. A content thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the data. The results of this study showed that rfMDA was accepted due to awareness about the intervention, experience of a previous similar programme, the MDA campaign, and due to favourable perceptions built on the believe that rfMDA would help to prevent, treat and eliminate malaria in the community. Perceived barriers to rfMDA include lack of access to accurate information, reluctance to take a pregnancy test, concern on drug adverse reactions, and reluctance to take antimalarial drugs without any symptom. In conclusion, the community found rfMDA acceptable for malaria intervention. But more community engagement is needed to foster community involvement and self-appropriation of the malaria programme elimination.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos , Malária , Adulto , Adolescente , Humanos , Feminino , Administração Massiva de Medicamentos , Moçambique , Malária/tratamento farmacológico , Malária/prevenção & controle , Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Agentes Comunitários de Saúde
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PLoS One ; 16(3): e0249080, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33755685

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to capture the acceptability prior to, during and after the implementation of the first year of MDA rounds conducted under the Magude project, a malaria elimination project in southern Mozambique. METHODS: This was a mixed-methods study, consisting of focus group discussions (FGDs) prior to the implementation of MDA rounds (September 2015), non-participant observations (NPOs) conducted during the MDA rounds (November 2015 -beginning of February 2016), and semi-structured interviews (SSIs) after the second round (end of February 2016). Community leaders, women in reproductive age, general members of the community, traditional healers and health professionals were recruited to capture the opinions of all representing key members of the community. A generic outline of nodes and codes was designed to analyze FGDs and SSI separately. Qualitative and quantitative NPO information was analyzed following a content analysis approach. FINDINGS: 222 participants took part in the FGDs (n = 154), and SSIs (n = 68); and 318 household visits during the MDA underwent NPOs. The community engagement campaign emerged throughout the study stages as a crucial factor for the acceptability of MDAs. Acceptability was also fostered by the community's general will to cooperate in any government-led activity that would reduce malaria burden, the appropriate behavior and knowledge of field workers, or the fact that the intervention was available free of charge to all. Absenteeism of heads of households was identified as the main barrier for the success of the campaign. The most commonly reported factors that negatively affected acceptability were the fear of adverse events, rumors of deaths, being unable to drink alcohol while taking DHAp, or the fear to take DHAp while in anti-retroviral treatment. Pregnancy testing and malaria testing were generally well accepted by the community. CONCLUSION: Magude's community generally accepted the first and second antimalarial MDA rounds, and the procedures associated to the intervention. Future implementation of antimalarial MDAs in southern Mozambique should focus on locally adapted strategies that engage the community to minimize absenteeism and refusals to the intervention.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos/administração & dosagem , Malária/prevenção & controle , Adulto , Participação da Comunidade , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Pessoal de Saúde/psicologia , Humanos , Controle de Infecções , Entrevistas como Assunto , Conhecimento , Malária/diagnóstico , Malária/tratamento farmacológico , Masculino , Administração Massiva de Medicamentos , Moçambique , Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde/psicologia
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PLos ONE ; 16(3): 1-27, 2021. Fig., Tab.
Artigo em Inglês | RSDM, Sec. Est. Saúde SP | ID: biblio-1353131

RESUMO

Background This study aimed to capture the acceptability prior to, during and after the implementation of the first year of MDA rounds conducted under the Magude project, a malaria elimination project in southern Mozambique. Methods This was amixed-methods study, consisting of focus group discussions (FGDs) prior to the implementation of MDA rounds (September 2015), non-participant observations (NPOs) conducted during the MDA rounds (November 2015 ­beginning of February 2016), and semi-structured interviews (SSIs) after the second round (end of February 2016). Community leaders, women in reproductive age, general members of the community, traditional healers and health professionals were recruited to capture the opinions of all representing key membersofthecommunity. A generic outline of nodes and codes was designed to analyze FGDsandSSIseparately. Qualitative and quantitative NPO information was analyzed following a content analysis approach. Findings 222participants took part in the FGDs (n = 154), and SSIs (n = 68); and 318 household visits during the MDAunderwent NPOs.Thecommunityengagement campaign emerged throughout the study stages as a crucial factor for the acceptability of MDAs. Acceptability wasalso fostered by the community's general will to cooperate in any government-led activity that would reduce malaria burden, the appropriate behavior and knowledge of field workers, or the fact that the intervention was available free of charge to all. Absenteeism of heads of households was identified as the main barrier for the success of the campaign. The most commonly reported factors that negatively affected acceptability were the fear of adverse events, rumors of deaths, being unable to drink alcohol while taking DHAp, or the fear to take DHAp while in anti-retroviral treatment. Pregnancy testing and malaria testing were generally well accepted by the community. Conclusion Magude's community generally accepted the first and second antimalarial MDA rounds, and the procedures associated to the intervention. Future implementation of antimalarial MDAs in southern Mozambique should focus on locally adapted strategies that engage the community to minimize absenteeism and refusals to the intervention.


Assuntos
Humanos , Feminino , Gravidez , Malária , Antimaláricos , Mulheres , Comportamento , Preparações Farmacêuticas/provisão & distribuição , Atitude , Características de Residência , Estratégias de Saúde , Conhecimento , Antirretrovirais/análise , Medo , Previsões , Administração Massiva de Medicamentos , Malária/tratamento farmacológico , Métodos , Moçambique
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Malar J ; 18(1): 232, 2019 Jul 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31296238

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: In a background of renewed calls for malaria eradication, several endemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa are contemplating malaria elimination nationally or sub-nationally. In Mozambique, a strategy to eliminate malaria in the south is underway in the context of low endemicity levels and cross-border initiatives to eliminate malaria in South Africa and Eswatini. In this context, a demonstration project aiming to interrupt malaria transmission through mass antimalarial drug administrations and intensified vector control programmes accompanied by community engagement and standard case management was implemented in the Magude District. To ensure the necessary uptake of these interventions, formative qualitative research explored the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, and practices related to malaria, its prevention and control. The current article describes the results of this study. METHODS: Seventeen focus group discussions were conducted between September and October of 2015 with the community leaders (6), adult men (5), women of reproductive age (5), and traditional healers (1) in Magude prior to the implementation of the project interventions. Respondents discussed perceptions around malaria symptoms, causes, preventions, and treatments. RESULTS: Knowledge of malaria was linked to awareness of its clinical presentation, and on-going vector control programmes. Perceptions of malaria aetiology were fragmented but related mainly to mosquito-mediated transmission. Reported preventive measures mostly involved mosquito control although participants were aware of the protective limitations of vector control tools. Awareness of asymptomatic carriers and the risk of outdoor malaria transmission were varied. Fever and malaria-like symptoms triggered immediate care-seeking community at health facilities. The identified barriers to malaria treatment included fear/mistrust in Western medicine, distance to health facilities, and lack of transportation. CONCLUSIONS: Several constraints and opportunities will potentially influence malaria elimination in Magude. Malaria awareness, trust in health institutions, and the demand for chemoprophylaxis could facilitate new interventions, such as mass drug administration. A lack of awareness of asymptomatic carriers, inadequate understanding of residual transmission, and barriers to care seeking could jeopardize uptake. Hence, elimination campaigns require strong community engagement and grassroots mobilization.


Assuntos
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Malária/psicologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Malária/prevenção & controle , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Moçambique , Pesquisa Qualitativa , Adulto Jovem
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