Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT06386367
Health Education by Buddhist Monks to Promote Malaria Knowledge and Preventive Practices in Rural Myanmar
Monastery-based Health Education by Buddhist Monks to Promote Malaria Knowledge and Preventive Practices in Rural Myanmar: A Quasi-experimental Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 501 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Myanmar Health Network Organization · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Malaria is still a leading public health concern in Myanmar. However, people living in rural areas usually showed poor prevention practice despite residing in malaria hotspots. The majority in Myanmar are Buddhists who frequently visit the monastery and receive the speech delivered by the monks. In a malaria high burden township of the Sagaing Region from northern Myanmar, current study will first explore the difference in malaria preventive practices among people residing in different malaria-endemic villages through a mixed-methods approach. Next, this research will address the knowledge gaps by a monastery-based health education delivered by trained Buddhist monks using standardized health messages instruction for six consecutive months between August 2022 to January 2023. To test whether the intervention could balance those gaps among different groups, quantitative data of baseline, 3-month, and 6-month will be compared using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, T-test or repeated ANOVA, and the Difference-In-Differences (DID) analysis, as applicable.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Monastery-based health education by Buddhist monks | During the three-month intervention from July to September 2022, a total of 18 health education sessions were conducted across the three intervention villages, with an average of 50 attendees per session, totaling 921 attendees across all sessions. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2022-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-31
- Completion
- 2024-03-30
- First posted
- 2024-04-26
- Last updated
- 2024-04-29
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Burma
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT06386367. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.