Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study.
<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>This was a mixed-methods stu...
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| author | Beatriz Galatas Hoticha Nhantumbo Rodolfo Soares Helder Djive Ilda Murato Wilson Simone Eusebio Macete N Regina Rabinovich Pedro Alonso Baltazar Candrinho Francisco Saúte Pedro Aide Khátia Munguambe |
| author_facet | Beatriz Galatas Hoticha Nhantumbo Rodolfo Soares Helder Djive Ilda Murato Wilson Simone Eusebio Macete N Regina Rabinovich Pedro Alonso Baltazar Candrinho Francisco Saúte Pedro Aide Khátia Munguambe |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Findings</h4>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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45e68513a12344ae9319ce9996237c312022-12-21T19:11:17ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01163e024908010.1371/journal.pone.0249080Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study.Beatriz GalatasHoticha NhantumboRodolfo SoaresHelder DjiveIlda MuratoWilson SimoneEusebio MaceteN Regina RabinovichPedro AlonsoBaltazar CandrinhoFrancisco SaútePedro AideKhátia Munguambe<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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.<h4>Findings</h4>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.<h4>Conclusion</h4>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.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249080 |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Galatas Hoticha Nhantumbo Rodolfo Soares Helder Djive Ilda Murato Wilson Simone Eusebio Macete N Regina Rabinovich Pedro Alonso Baltazar Candrinho Francisco Saúte Pedro Aide Khátia Munguambe Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. |
| title_full | Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. |
| title_fullStr | Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. |
| title_short | Community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in Magude district, Southern Mozambique: A mixed methods study. |
| title_sort | community acceptability to antimalarial mass drug administrations in magude district southern mozambique a mixed methods study |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249080 |
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