SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2018
Strategies to improve treatment coverage in community-based public health programs: A systematic review of the literature.
Synthesis in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04250428 (Strategies to Increase Antenatal Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Malaria Prophylaxis in Rural South-central Côte d'Ivoire), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Strategies to Increase Antenatal Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation and Malaria Prophylaxis in Rural South-central Côte d'Ivoire: Study Protocol of a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Reducing burden from respiratory infections in refugees and immigrants: a systematic review of interventions in OECD, EU, EEA and EU-applicant countries.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Pooled it
- Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d'Ivoire: a cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ global health · 2023Trial
- Evaluation of opportunities to implement community-wide mass drug administration for interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths infections in India.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Trial
- Defining optimal implementation packages for delivering community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths with high coverage.BMC health services research · 2022Trial
- Implementation, coverage and impact of a programmatic mass drug administration campaign for malaria in southern Mozambique.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Beneficiary feedback mechanisms: Exploring ways to systematically integrate community feedback in mass drug administration delivery for NTDs.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Among African Immigrants: Lessons from a Community-Based Outreach Program.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Challenges and motivating factors for integrating geostatistical models in targeted schistosomiasis control: A qualitative case study in Northwestern Tanzania.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Perceptions, Challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainable coverage of mass drug administration towards the control and elimination of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminths in hard-to-reach communities of Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Socio-economic risk factors for intestinal helminthiases in selected endemic communities in Mindanao, the Philippines: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Mainstreaming Mass Drug Administration for Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Four Districts of Nigeria.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Parasites of the liver: A global problem?World journal of gastroenterology · 2024Article
- Presence of Intestinal Parasites in Patients with Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases in Masaya (Nicaragua).Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Insights into the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and differential diagnosis of schistosomiasis.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2024Review
- A scoping review on integrated health campaigns for immunization in low- and middle-income countries.Health policy and planning · 2023Article
- Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana.Global health research and policy · 2023Article
- Reach and uptake of mass drug administration for worm infections through health facility-, school-, and community-based approaches in two districts of Zambia: a call for scale-up.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on a door-to-door intervention to increase community engagement for malaria elimination in Zanzibar.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Trends and inequalities in children aged 6-59 months who received Vitamin A supplementation: evidence from the 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.Tropical medicine and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommunity-based public health campaigns, such as those used in mass deworming, vitamin A supplementation and child immunization programs, provide key healthcare interventions to targeted populations at scale. However, these programs often fall short of established coverage targets. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the impact of strategies used to increase treatment coverage in community-based public health campaigns. METHODOLOGY/ PRINCIPAL
findingsWe systematically searched CAB Direct, Embase, and PubMed archives for studies utilizing specific interventions to increase coverage of community-based distribution of drugs, vaccines, or other public health services. We identified 5,637 articles, from which 79 full texts were evaluated according to pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Twenty-eight articles met inclusion criteria and data were abstracted regarding strategy-specific changes in coverage from these sources. Strategies used to increase coverage included community-directed treatment (n = 6, pooled percent change in coverage: +26.2%), distributor incentives (n = 2, +25.3%), distribution along kinship networks (n = 1, +24.5%), intensified information, education, and communication activities (n = 8, +21.6%), fixed-point delivery (n = 1, +21.4%), door-to-door delivery (n = 1, +14.0%), integrated service distribution (n = 9, +12.7%), conversion from school- to community-based delivery (n = 3, +11.9%), and management by a non-governmental organization (n = 1, +5.8%). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Strategies that target improving community member ownership of distribution appear to have a large impact on increasing treatment coverage. However, all strategies used to increase coverage successfully did so. These results may be useful to National Ministries, programs, and implementing partners in optimizing treatment coverage in community-based public health programs.
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