Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso
Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso
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10.1186/s12936-020-03277-7
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2020-06-05
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Diabate, Abdoulaye
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Barry, Nourou;Patrice, Toe;Diabate, Abdoulaye
背景大多数野外昆虫学研究项目需要当地社区成员的积极参与。自2012年以来，非营利研究财团Target Malaria一直与布基纳法索西部Bana村的居民合作，进行各种涉及蚊子收集、释放和重新捕获的研究。这项工作的长期目标是在蚊子改造技术的帮助下，开发创新的解决方案，在非洲防治疟疾。自项目开始以来，巴纳居民在研究活动中发挥了重要作用，但推动他们参与的动机和期望仍然没有得到充分调查。这项研究审查了促使当地社区的一些成员为实施目标疟疾活动做出贡献的因素，更广泛地说，探讨了激发公民参与疟疾昆虫学研究工作的原因-流行地区。方法定性方法被用来调查的因素，激励当地社区的成员，以协助实施目标疟疾的昆虫学研究活动在巴纳。85个人进行了深入和半结构化的访谈，然后是三个重点小组，一个与参加蚊子收集的年轻人，两个与村里的成年男子和妇女。收集的所有数据进行充分转录，处理，并进行专题内容analysis.ResultsData显示，当地社区成员参与昆虫学研究活动的意愿是由广泛的动机因素。虽然受访者在不同的语义域下表达了他们的动机，但数据显示出围绕五类动机的一致性：（a）加强家庭保护，使其免受蚊子和疟疾之害，（B）为未来没有这种疾病的世界作出贡献，（c）获得知识和技能，（d）赚取经济补偿，和（e）获得社会声望的village.ConclusionThese不同的动机反映了一套不同的个人和集体的参与过程中的看法，结合短期和长期，个人和集体的动机。除了这一案例的具体情况外，研究还强调了推动集体参与昆虫学研究和病媒控制活动的复杂原因。任何动员地方参与实地研究活动的努力，都应基于对社区期望的详细了解。
BackgroundMost field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, Bana residents have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study examines the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria's activities, and, more broadly, explores the reasons that animate citizen participation in entomological research work in malaria-endemic regions.MethodsA qualitative approach was used to survey the factors motivating members of the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria's entomological research activities in Bana. Eighty-five individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and subjected to thematic content analysis.ResultsData showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance domestic protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village.ConclusionThese varying motivations reflect a set of differing personal and collective perceptions about the participation process, combining short and long-term, individual and collective motivations. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, the study highlights the complex reasons that drive collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities. Detailed knowledge of community expectations should underpin any effort to mobilize local participation in field research activities.