对马达加斯加将基于社区的疟疾管理扩展至所有年龄段的可接受性和可行性的人类学分析:国家扩大规模的杠杆与挑战
An Anthropological Analysis of Acceptability and Feasibility of Expanding Community-Based Malaria Management to All Ages in Madagascar: Levers and Challenges for National Scale-Up.
作者信息
Rabesandratra Hoby Fenitra, Mattern Chiarella, Brazy-Nancy Emilia, Harimanana Aina, Irinantenaina Judickaelle, Razanadranaivo Hobisoa Léa, Andrianambinintsoa Pierrette Tianiaina Daniella, Dentinger Catherine, Steinhardt Laura, Garchitorena Andres
机构信息
Santé et Sciences Sociales, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Unité d'épidémiologie et de recherche clinique, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
出版信息
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025 Aug 12. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0678.
Despite significant progress in reducing malaria effects in recent decades, malaria remains a major challenge in Madagascar. Geographic and financial barriers often prevent individuals from seeking prompt care. Community health workers (CHWs) in many countries, including Madagascar, provide malaria case management services to children younger than 5 years old, although they typically do not treat older children and adults, leaving a gap for those living far from health facilities. To determine the efficacy of expanding malaria community case management (mCCM) to community members of all ages, a cluster randomized trial was conducted in one district of Madagascar from November 2020 to December 2021. Qualitative surveys were conducted to describe the acceptability and feasibility of this intervention among beneficiaries and CHWs. For this purpose, 87 semistructured interviews and 12 focus groups were conducted in intervention and control arms of the study to assess understanding of malaria, behaviors related to care seeking for fever, perceptions of CHW roles, and acceptability and feasibility of the age-expanded mCCM. Two major findings emerged. First, stakeholders found age-expanded mCCM to be consistent with existing CHW roles and practices. Age-expanded mCCM induced a recognition of adults' susceptibility to malaria and led to a more accurate understanding of malaria. Second, structural and community-based challenges were not fully resolved by age-expanded mCCM, and some, such as the question of the cost of care, emerged after its implementation. Despite the fact that age-expanded mCCM was acceptable to beneficiaries and CHWs, successful scale-up will require addressing structural challenges and sociodemographic inequalities.
尽管近几十年来在减轻疟疾影响方面取得了重大进展,但疟疾仍是马达加斯加面临的一项重大挑战。地理和经济障碍常常阻碍人们及时就医。包括马达加斯加在内的许多国家的社区卫生工作者为5岁以下儿童提供疟疾病例管理服务,不过他们通常不治疗年龄较大的儿童和成年人,这就给那些居住在远离医疗机构地区的人群留下了空白。为了确定将疟疾社区病例管理(mCCM)扩展到所有年龄段社区成员的效果,于2020年11月至2021年12月在马达加斯加的一个地区进行了一项整群随机试验。开展了定性调查,以描述这项干预措施在受益人和社区卫生工作者中的可接受性和可行性。为此,在该研究的干预组和对照组中进行了87次半结构化访谈和12次焦点小组讨论,以评估对疟疾的了解、与发热就医相关的行为、对社区卫生工作者角色的认知,以及年龄扩展型mCCM的可接受性和可行性。出现了两项主要发现。第一,利益相关者发现年龄扩展型mCCM与社区卫生工作者现有的角色和做法相一致。年龄扩展型mCCM促使人们认识到成年人对疟疾的易感性,并使人们对疟疾有了更准确的了解。第二,年龄扩展型mCCM并未完全解决基于结构和社区的挑战,而且一些挑战,如护理费用问题,在实施后才出现。尽管年龄扩展型mCCM为受益人和社区卫生工作者所接受,但要成功扩大规模,仍需应对结构性挑战和社会人口不平等问题。