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SynthesisThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022

School-Based Educational Interventions on Prevention and Control of Malaria-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Roja Chokkara, Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan, M Anitharani, Alex Eapen

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Synthesis in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roja ChokkaraSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.
Seethalakshmi AvudaiappanSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.
M AnitharaniSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India.
Alex EapenICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Field unit, Chennai, India.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · INNational Institute of Malaria Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Student messengers act as change agents for health and modify the behavior of their families as well as the community. Integration of the school health programs with malaria education enhances the participation of school teachers, parents, as well as the local community in malaria elimination. The objective of this review is to strengthen the evidence for school-based health educational interventions for malaria control and prevention activities. We searched six databases namely PubMed Central, Science Direct, CINAHL with full text, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, and Pro-Quest to find relevant studies between January 2001 and March 2022 based on PRISMA guidelines. Randomized controlled trial, before-after intervention, and quasi-experimental study designs were included and a meta-analysis was carried out using the random-effect model to pool out the results by using Rev-man 5.4 software. In this review, 13 studies were included. The pooled outcome of school-based educational interventions on malaria was moderate (Standardized Mean Difference-2.59) and a significant difference was observed in intervention and control schools (Z = 7.33, P < 0.00001). In conclusion, this review identified the facts for the prevention and control of malaria through school-based educational interventions. Our findings strengthen the concept of malaria elimination through student messengers to mobilize the local community.

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MalariaSchoolsEducational StatusHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStudents

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PMID36037865
PMCPMC9651515
OpenAlexW4293446212

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