A multi-centre study of community-directed ivermectin distributors' (CDDs') involvement in other healthcare and development programme activities in Cameroon, Togo, Sudan, Nigeria and Uganda (Retracted Article. See vol 34, pg 93, 2004)
A multi-centre study of community-directed ivermectin distributors' (CDDs') involvement in other healthcare and development programme activities in Cameroon, Togo, Sudan, Nigeria and Uganda (Retracted Article. See vol 34, pg 93, 2004)
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10.1177/004947550303300417
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发表时间：
2003-10-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
Seketeli, A
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作者：
Sama, MT;Homeida, M;Seketeli, A
在喀麦隆、尼日利亚、苏丹、乌干达和多哥开展了一项多中心研究，以确定社区指导的分发者是否有能力在其社区开展更多的保健和发展活动，以确定他们的参与对实施社区指导的伊维菌素治疗（CDTI）的潜在影响。采用定量和定性两种方法从家庭、社区定向分发者、社区领导和卫生工作者那里收集数据。结果显示，CDDs在CDTI中的表现没有明显下降：相反，CDDs参与其他健康和发展活动促使他们更好地履行CDTI职能。然而，结果并未显示伊维菌素分布的治疗覆盖率有任何显著增加。扩大盘尾丝虫病防治方案的经验，使其包括更多的保健和与发展有关的活动，将对盘尾丝虫病控制规划有益——它将通过更大的一体化加强盘尾丝虫病防治方案的可持续性。
A multi-centre study to determine whether community-directed distributors (CDDs) are capable of carrying out additional healthcare and developmental activities in their communities was carried out in Cameroon, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and Togo to ascertain the potential effects of their involvement on the implementation of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI).Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data from households, community-directed distributors, community leaders, and health workers. The results showed no major decrease in the CDDs' performance in CDTI: on the contrary, the involvement of CDDs in other health and development activities motivated them to perform their CDTI functions better. However, the results did not show any significant increase in therapeutic coverage of ivermectin distribution.The expansion of the CDDs' experience to include additional healthcare and development related activities would be of interest to onchocerciasis control programmes - it will strengthen CDTI sustainability through greater integration.