Professor in Sociology,
Dibrugarh University, Assam
Title of the project (CB): Community behavior and its determinants in relation to malaria prevention and control in Assam and Tripura
Summary:
Malaria is one of the most seasoned and deadliest diseases which has a long history in India. In 1897, Ross. R, a British Army Officer, established that the mosquito has an indispensable connection in causing malaria and stirred public health researchers with respect to the chance of eliminating malaria and the war continues till the date. In November 2015, the Prime Minister of India joined 17 Asia Pacific pioneers in underwriting an agreement and guide to dispose of malaria in India by 2030. India further promised to accomplish this objective by 2027 -the countdown begins now. As part of the national framework of malaria elimination, the investigators would like to conduct a detailed approach on Community behaviour and its determinants in relation to malaria elimination for developing and implementing a desirable community engagement model, with the main objectives of identifying the behavioural barriers of at-risk communities regarding acceptance and use of available preventive measures and exploring early and effective healthcare-seeking behaviour towards Malaria. Socio-cultural practices, attitudes and belief of the population (mainly tribal) of forest ecosystem due to poor education restrict them to the compliance of the malaria control /elimination program. We have to develop a module which will change their approach for health services and in turn will increase their participation in malaria elimination program. Further, the study involves a mixed study approach with cross sectional and phenomenological design. The study sites are PHCs’s (Public Health Centres) of Malaria prone districts in Assam; Udalguri and Kokrajhar and South Tripura District of Tripura. The whole village households will be the study participants and Grid sampling will be used for data collection. At the end of the two years of the highest-level commitment study, the derived community engagement model is likely to make a paradigm shift in the surveillance approach, tailoring the program planning to high endemic to low endemic areas, to reach the envisaged goals of Malaria free India.
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Summary:
Malaria is one of the most seasoned and deadliest diseases which has a long history in India. In 1897, Ross. R, a British Army Officer, established that the mosquito has an indispensable connection in causing malaria and stirred public health researchers with respect to the chance of eliminating malaria and the war continues till the date. In November 2015, the Prime Minister of India joined 17 Asia Pacific pioneers in underwriting an agreement and guide to dispose of malaria in India by 2030. India further promised to accomplish this objective by 2027 -the countdown begins now. As part of the national framework of malaria elimination, the investigators would like to conduct a detailed approach on Community behaviour and its determinants in relation to malaria elimination for developing and implementing a desirable community engagement model, with the main objectives of identifying the behavioural barriers of at-risk communities regarding acceptance and use of available preventive measures and exploring early and effective healthcare-seeking behaviour towards Malaria. Socio-cultural practices, attitudes and belief of the population (mainly tribal) of forest ecosystem due to poor education restrict them to the compliance of the malaria control /elimination program. We have to develop a module which will change their approach for health services and in turn will increase their participation in malaria elimination program. Further, the study involves a mixed study approach with cross sectional and phenomenological design. The study sites are PHCs’s (Public Health Centres) of Malaria prone districts in Assam; Udalguri and Kokrajhar and South Tripura District of Tripura. The whole village households will be the study participants and Grid sampling will be used for data collection. At the end of the two years of the highest-level commitment study, the derived community engagement model is likely to make a paradigm shift in the surveillance approach, tailoring the program planning to high endemic to low endemic areas, to reach the envisaged goals of Malaria free India.
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