The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial
Poliomyelitis is a condition of great concern and is endemic in only two countries of the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Community mobilization plays a vital role in raising awareness and can help reduce polio vaccine refusals. The objective of this study will be to decrease polio vaccine refusals...
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| author | Jai K. Das Amira Khan Farhana Tabassum Zahra Ali Padhani Atif Habib Mushtaq Mirani Abdu R. Rahman Zahid Ali Khan Arjumand Rizvi Imran Ahmed Zulfiqar Bhutta |
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| description | Poliomyelitis is a condition of great concern and is endemic in only two countries of the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Community mobilization plays a vital role in raising awareness and can help reduce polio vaccine refusals. The objective of this study will be to decrease polio vaccine refusals and zero-dose vaccines by motivating behavior change through the provision of conditional–collective–community-based incentives (C3Is) based on a reduction in polio vaccine refusals. The project will adopt a pretest/post-test quasi-experimental design with two intervention high-risk union councils (HRUCs) and two control union councils (UCs) of peri-urban (Karachi) and rural (Bannu) settings in Pakistan. A participatory community engagement and demand creation strategy with trust-building community mobilization with C3Is, to reduce vaccine refusals and improve polio immunization coverage in two HRUCs, will be used. These UCs will be divided into clusters based on the polio program framework and community groups will be formed in each cluster. These community groups will carry out awareness activities and will be given serial targets to reduce vaccine refusals and those who qualify will be provided C3Is. The project intends to create a replicable model that the government can integrate within health systems for long-term sustainability until the goal of eradication of poliovirus is achieved. The evaluation will be carried out by an independent data collection and analysis team at baseline and endline (after 12 months of intervention). The trial is registered with linicalTrials.gov with number NCT05721274. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6c2b6d8ec974b87a35b2223cac6d4c42023-11-19T17:34:55ZengMDPI AGMethods and Protocols2409-92792023-09-01658310.3390/mps6050083The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental TrialJai K. Das0Amira Khan1Farhana Tabassum2Zahra Ali Padhani3Atif Habib4Mushtaq Mirani5Abdu R. Rahman6Zahid Ali Khan7Arjumand Rizvi8Imran Ahmed9Zulfiqar Bhutta10Institute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanCentre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, CanadaInstitute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanRobinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, AustraliaCentre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanInstitute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanInstitute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanInstitute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanCentre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanCentre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanInstitute for Global Health and Development, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, PakistanPoliomyelitis is a condition of great concern and is endemic in only two countries of the world: Pakistan and Afghanistan. Community mobilization plays a vital role in raising awareness and can help reduce polio vaccine refusals. The objective of this study will be to decrease polio vaccine refusals and zero-dose vaccines by motivating behavior change through the provision of conditional–collective–community-based incentives (C3Is) based on a reduction in polio vaccine refusals. The project will adopt a pretest/post-test quasi-experimental design with two intervention high-risk union councils (HRUCs) and two control union councils (UCs) of peri-urban (Karachi) and rural (Bannu) settings in Pakistan. A participatory community engagement and demand creation strategy with trust-building community mobilization with C3Is, to reduce vaccine refusals and improve polio immunization coverage in two HRUCs, will be used. These UCs will be divided into clusters based on the polio program framework and community groups will be formed in each cluster. These community groups will carry out awareness activities and will be given serial targets to reduce vaccine refusals and those who qualify will be provided C3Is. The project intends to create a replicable model that the government can integrate within health systems for long-term sustainability until the goal of eradication of poliovirus is achieved. The evaluation will be carried out by an independent data collection and analysis team at baseline and endline (after 12 months of intervention). The trial is registered with linicalTrials.gov with number NCT05721274.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/6/5/83incentivescommunity mobilizationpolioPakistanimmunizationrefusals |
| spellingShingle | Jai K. Das Amira Khan Farhana Tabassum Zahra Ali Padhani Atif Habib Mushtaq Mirani Abdu R. Rahman Zahid Ali Khan Arjumand Rizvi Imran Ahmed Zulfiqar Bhutta The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial Methods and Protocols incentives community mobilization polio Pakistan immunization refusals |
| title | The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial |
| title_full | The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial |
| title_fullStr | The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial |
| title_short | The Last Mile—Community Engagement and Conditional Incentives to Accelerate Polio Eradication in Pakistan: Study Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Trial |
| title_sort | last mile community engagement and conditional incentives to accelerate polio eradication in pakistan study protocol for a quasi experimental trial |
| topic | incentives community mobilization polio Pakistan immunization refusals |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9279/6/5/83 |
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