Strategic roles for behaviour change communication in a changing malaria landscape

Malaria Journal

Commentary

Joseph Keating¹  Angela Acosta²  Hannah Koenker²  Matthew Lynch²  Fatoumata Nafo-Traore³  Martin Alilio⁴ 

[1] Center for Applied Malaria Research and Evaluation, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2200, New Orleans, 70112, Louisiana, USA;Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs, 111 Market Place Suite 310, 21202, Baltimore, MD, USA;Roll Back Malaria Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland;United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA;

关键词: Malaria;    Elimination;    Behaviour change communication;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1475-2875-13-1

 received in 2013-07-17, accepted in 2013-12-16,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Strong evidence suggests that quality strategic behaviour change communication (BCC) can improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviours. As progress is made towards malaria elimination, BCC becomes an even more important tool. BCC can be used 1) to reach populations who remain at risk as transmission dynamics change (e.g. mobile populations), 2) to facilitate identification of people with asymptomatic infections and their compliance with treatment, 3) to inform communities of the optimal timing of malaria control interventions, and 4) to explain changing diagnostic concerns (e.g. increasing false negatives as parasite density and multiplicity of infections fall) and treatment guidelines. The purpose of this commentary is to highlight the benefits and value for money that BCC brings to all aspects of malaria control, and to discuss areas of operations research needed as transmission dynamics change.

【 授权许可】

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© Koenker et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014