Professor,
Department of Community Medicine,
Sri Ramachandra Institute for Higher Education and Research, Chennai
Title of the project (CB): Community Behavior and its determinants in relation to Malaria prevention and control in Tamil nadu
Summary:
Malaria, one of th very old disease, has had a long and checkered 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 count down begins now. As part of national framework of malaria elimination, the investigators would like to conduct a detailed approach on Community behavior and its determinants in relation to malaria elimination for developing and implementing a scalable community engagement model, with the main objectives of identifying the behavioral barriers of at risk communities regarding acceptance and use of available preventive measures and exploring early and effective health care seeking behaviour towards Malaria.
The study involves a mixed study approach with cross sectional and phenomenological design. The study sites are high endemic areas in Tamil Nadu; Chennai and Ramanathapuram. The study area will be selected by Grid sampling. At the end of the two years of the highest level commitment study, the derived community engagement model paves the way for a paradigm shift in the surveillance approach, tailoring the program planning to high endemic to low endemic areas, to reach Malaria free India.
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