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WHO Global School Health Initiatives , 2007. Malaria prevention and control: an important responsibility of a Health-Promoting School. WHO Inf Ser Sch Heal 3: 1–64. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/malaria-prevention-and-control-an-important-responsibility-of-a-health-promoting-school. Accessed April 5, 2022.
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Diamond C , Freudenberg N , 2016. Community schools: a public health opportunity to reverse urban cycles of disadvantage. J Urban Health 93: 923–939. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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Onyango-Ouma W , Aagaard-Hansen J , Jensen B , 2005. The potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in rural Western Kenya. Soc Sci Med 61: 1711–1722.
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Kebede Y , Alemayehu G , Abebe L , Sudhakar M , Birhanu Z , 2020. Messenger students’ engagement scale: community perspectives on school-based malaria education in Ethiopia. Health Soc Care Community 5: 1–10.
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USAID JH , 2016. Promoting Malaria Prevention Through Primary Schools: Communication Guide for Teachers. PMI/Vector Work Ghana. Available at: https://continuousdistribution.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Communication-Guide-for-Teachers_Promoting-Malaria-Prevention-Through-Primary-Schools-1-1.pdf. Accessed April 3, 2022.
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Melsen WG , Bootsma MCJ , Rovers MM , Bonten MJM , 2014. The effects of clinical and statistical heterogeneity on the predictive values of results from meta-analyses. Clin Microbiol Infect 20: 123.
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Farea BA , Assabri AM , Aljasari AN , Farea AA , Baktayan NA , 2020. Effect of health education on knowledge attitude practice towards malaria among basic schools pupils in Taiz. Health 12: 1299–1317.
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Hawal NP , Kulkarni N , Shivaswamy, Mallapur, Naik VA , 2014. Evaluation of a school based health education model on malaria: a randomized control trial. Indian J Public Health Res Dev 5: 105–111.
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School-Based Educational Interventions on Prevention and Control of Malaria—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Roja Chokkara
Roja Chokkara
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India;
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Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan
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M Anitharani
M Anitharani
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India;
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Alex Eapen
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ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Field unit, Chennai, India
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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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Disclosure: The views in this review are those of the authors.
Authors’ addresses: Roja Chokkara, Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan, and M Anitharani, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India, E-mails: chokkararoja@sriramachandra.edu.in, seethalakshmi.a@sriramachandra.edu.in, and anitharani.m@sriramachandra.edu.in. Alex Eapen, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Field unit, Chennai, India, E-mail: alexeapen@yahoo.com.
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Report WM , 2021. World Health Organization. Available at: https://www.who.int/teams/global-malaria-programme/reports/world-malaria-report-2021. Accessed April 3, 2022.
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2.
Eijk AM et al., 2019. The burden of submicroscopic and asymptomatic malaria in India revealed from epidemiology studies at three varied transmission sites in India. Sci Rep 9: 1–11.
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3.
World Health Organization , 2020. Malaria Fact Sheet. Available at: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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4.
World Health Organization , 2015. Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016–2030. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/176712/1/9789241564991_eng.pdf. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination in India 2017–2022, 2017. Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control Program. Available at: http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/nsp_2017-2022-updated.pdf. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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6.
Roll Back Malaria Partnership, Progress & Impact Series , 2014. The Asia Pacific Malaria Emliniation Network (APMEN): supporting the common goal of a malaria-free Asia Pacific. Roll Back Malar Prog Impact Ser 11: 5–69. Available at: http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/files/files/resources/APMENP%26I.pdf. Accessed April 3, 2022.
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7.
Price OA , 2016. School-centered approaches to improve community health: lessons from school-based health centers. Econ Stud Brookings 5: 5. Available at: http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/NSLPFactSheet.pdf. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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8.
Lefa B , 2014. The Piaget theory of cognitive development: an educational implications. Educ Psychol 1: 1–9. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265916960. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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9.
WHO Global School Health Initiatives , 2007. Malaria prevention and control: an important responsibility of a Health-Promoting School. WHO Inf Ser Sch Heal 3: 1–64. Available at: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/malaria-prevention-and-control-an-important-responsibility-of-a-health-promoting-school. Accessed April 5, 2022.
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10.
Diamond C , Freudenberg N , 2016. Community schools: a public health opportunity to reverse urban cycles of disadvantage. J Urban Health 93: 923–939. Accessed April 6, 2022.
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11.
Onyango-Ouma W , Aagaard-Hansen J , Jensen B , 2005. The potential of schoolchildren as health change agents in rural Western Kenya. Soc Sci Med 61: 1711–1722.
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12.
Kebede Y , Alemayehu G , Abebe L , Sudhakar M , Birhanu Z , 2020. Messenger students’ engagement scale: community perspectives on school-based malaria education in Ethiopia. Health Soc Care Community 5: 1–10.
-
13.
USAID JH , 2016. Promoting Malaria Prevention Through Primary Schools: Communication Guide for Teachers. PMI/Vector Work Ghana. Available at: https://continuousdistribution.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Communication-Guide-for-Teachers_Promoting-Malaria-Prevention-Through-Primary-Schools-1-1.pdf. Accessed April 3, 2022.
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14.
Page MJ et al., 2021. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews. BMJ 372: 71.
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15.
Peters M , Godfrey C , McInerney P , Soares CB , Khalil H , Parker D , 2015. The Joanna Briggs institute reviewers’ manual: methodology for JBI scoping reviews. Joanne Briggs Inst 1: 24.
-
16.
Sterne JAC et al., 2019. Cochrane;ROBINS-I_detailed_guidance. BMJ 366: 1–53. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7IQVI0kum0kenN0SGktSnNHTEE/view. Accessed April 3, 2022.
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17.
Melsen WG , Bootsma MCJ , Rovers MM , Bonten MJM , 2014. The effects of clinical and statistical heterogeneity on the predictive values of results from meta-analyses. Clin Microbiol Infect 20: 123.
-
18.
Farea BA , Assabri AM , Aljasari AN , Farea AA , Baktayan NA , 2020. Effect of health education on knowledge attitude practice towards malaria among basic schools pupils in Taiz. Health 12: 1299–1317.
-
19.
Hawal NP , Kulkarni N , Shivaswamy, Mallapur, Naik VA , 2014. Evaluation of a school based health education model on malaria: a randomized control trial. Indian J Public Health Res Dev 5: 105–111.
-
20.
Abamecha F , Sudhakar M , Abebe L , Kebede Y , Alemayehu G , Birhanu Z , 2021. Effectiveness of the school-based social and behaviour change communication interventions on insecticide-treated nets utilization among primary school children in rural Ethiopia: a controlled quasi-experimental design. Malar J 20: 1.
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21.
Chukwuocha UM , Iwuoha GN , Ogara CM , Dozie INS , 2020. Malaria classroom corner: a school-based intervention to promote basic malaria awareness and common control practices among school-age children. Health Educ 120: 107–119.
-
22.
GRADEpro , 2022. GRADE pro Guideline Development Tool. [Software]. McMaster University. Evidence Prime, Inc. Available at: https://gradepro.org. Accessed April 6, 2022.
-
23.
Nonaka D et al., 2008. Malaria education from school to community in Oudomxay province, Lao PDR. Parasitol Int 57: 76–82.
-
24.
Nakiwala AS , 2016. From recipients to partners: children in malaria education in Uganda. Health Educ 116: 202.
-
25.
Kebede Y , Abebe L , Alemayehu G , Sudhakar M , Birhanu Z , 2020. School-based social and behavior change communication (SBCC) advances community exposure to malaria messages, acceptance, and preventive practices in Ethiopia: a pre-posttest study. PLOS ONE 15: 6.
-
26.
Okabayashi H et al., 2006. Keys to success for a school-based malaria control program in primary schools in Thailand. Parasitol Int 55: 121–126.
-
27.
Clarke SE et al., 2017. Impact of a malaria intervention package in schools on Plasmodium infection, anaemia and cognitive function in schoolchildren in Mali: a pragmatic cluster-randomised trial. BMJ Glob Health 2: 1–14.
-
28.
Deepthi R , Naresh Kumar SJ , Prasanna Kamath BT , Rajeshwari H , 2014. Participatory school health education on vector-borne diseases: engaging children as change agents. Int J Health Promot Educ 52: 68–77.
-
29.
Swain S , Pati S , Pati S , 2019. “Health promoting school” model in prevention of vector-borne diseases in Odisha: a pilot intervention. J Trop Pediatr 65: 463–473.
-
30.
Ayi I , Nonaka D , Adjovu JK , Hanafusa S , Jimba M , Bosompem KM , Mizoue T , Takeuchi T , Boakye DA , Kobayashi J , 2010. School-based participatory health education for malaria control in Ghana: engaging children as health messengers. Malar J 9: 1.
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31.
Midzi N , Zinyowera SM , 2014. Impact of school based health education on knowledge, attitude and practice of grade three primary school children in Zimbabwe. J Community Med Health Educ 4: 4.
-
32.
Anderson CM , Eloff I , Kruger T , 2022. Could a culturally and age—appropriate song contribute towards malaria prevention in primary school learners? Malar J 21: 113.
| Past two years | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 21594 | 1960 | 194 |
| Full Text Views | 1101 | 33 | 5 |
| PDF Downloads | 348 | 21 | 0 |