NCT06312462

Health Education Model Led by Community Health Volunteers.

A Survey on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Students Regarding Schistosomiasis Through a Health Education Model Led by Community Health Volunteers.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 978 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pemba Ministry of Health Zanzibar · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this intervention study is to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of students on schistosomiasis in Pemba Island. It aims to test the effectiveness of establishing a widely applicable Community Health Volunteers model in the Zanzibar region and explore the feasibility of promoting this model in other areas of Africa. This study also aims to provide valuable insights and references for global schistosomiasis prevention and control efforts.

Detailed description

The main questions it aims to answer are: Conducting a survey to understand the current knowledge levels, attitudes, and relevant health behaviors of Pemba Island students towards schistosomiasis. Performing qualitative research to analyze the factors influencing students' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to schistosomiasis, as well as observing the facilitators and barriers to conducting health education among student groups, in order to provide a scientific basis for targeted intervention measures. Testing the effectiveness of establishing a widely applicable community health volunteer model in the Zanzibar region and exploring the feasibility of promoting this model in other regions of Africa, thereby providing insights and references for global schistosomiasis prevention and control efforts. Participants will select fourth and fifth grade students from two schools located in high-risk schistosomiasis prevalence areas on Pemba Island, with Kilindi Primary School as the intervention group and Shumba Viamboni or Chambani primary school as the control group from Feb 2024 to Feb 2025. Apart from the KAP survey, urine samples will be collected from students three times at least and the prevalence confirmed to compare the effectiveness of the two groups.

Conditions

• Schistosomiasis
• Health Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	health education	In the intervention group, we provide schistosomiasis health education to students once a month through community health volunteers for a duration of six months. After that, the community health volunteers no longer visit the school for health education until the completion of a one-year follow-up period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-24
• Primary completion: 2025-02-28
• Completion: 2025-03-08
• First posted: 2024-03-15
• Last updated: 2025-10-10
• Results posted: 2025-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tanzania