Enhancing community knowledge and health behaviors to eliminate blinding trachoma in Mali using radio messaging as a strategy
| Autor: | Sadio Diarra, Yaobi Zhang, Zana Berté, Seydou Goita, Marjon Tuinsma, Hama Sangaré, Emily Toubali, Sanoussi Bamani, Chad MacArthur, Famolo Coulibaly, Palesa Melvin, Benoit Dembele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Blinding Adolescent Sanitation media_common.quotation_subject Mali Education Interviews as Topic Young Adult Hygiene Environmental health Humans Medicine Active listening Child Health Education Aged media_common Trachoma business.industry Behavior change Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged medicine.disease Health Surveys Radio eye diseases Latrine Female Cluster sampling sense organs business Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Health Education Research. 28:360-370 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3648 0268-1153 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/her/cys105 |
| Popis: | The National Blindness Prevention Program in Mali has broadcast messages on the radio about trachoma as part of the country’s trachoma elimination strategy since 2008. In 2011, a radio impact survey using multi-stage cluster sampling was conducted in the regions of Kayes and Segou to assess radio listening habits, coverage of the broadcasts, community knowledge and behavior specific to trachoma and facial cleanliness of children. Radio access and listening were high, with 60% of respondents having heard a message on the radio about trachoma. The majority of respondents knew about trachoma, its root causes, its impact on health and prevention measures. Additionally, 66% reported washing their children’s faces more than or equal to twice/day and 94% reported latrine disposal of feces. A high percentage of persons who gave a positive response to knowledge and behavior questions reported hearing the trachoma messages on the radio with 60% reporting that the radio is where they learned about trachoma. There was no significant difference in facial cleanliness when comparing children whose primary caregiver had/ had not heard the trachoma messages. Next steps include revising the current messages to include more focused behavior change messaging and to engage in a more robust use of community radios. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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