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The effectiveness of student-run organizations within global health promotion initiatives

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posted on 2023-05-18, 04:14 authored by Yoni Byron, West, HW, Wood, B, Murray, L, Cooling, N

Introduction: This commentary describes a student-led project that distributed long-lasting insecticide-treated nets in Masaka, Uganda. The role of student-led initiatives in global health promotion projects is also discussed.

Methods: A survey of 213 net recipients was conducted after a 12-month period to evaluate malaria prevention knowledge, and net use and maintenance.

Results: Only 4.7% of recipients could not recall any malaria prevention methods. Seventy percent of pregnant women and 86.5% of children under five slept under a net the previous night. Only two households (0.9%) no longer possessed a net, and nets were not used in 2.3% of houses. Household observation revealed 17.4% of nets had at least one problem that would compromise effectiveness.

Conclusions: Student-led projects can play an important role in effectively preventing malaria. However coordination with existing programs, targeting hard-to-access groups, and training of students overcomes some common limitations of such student-led initiatives.

History

Publication title

Global Health Promotion

Volume

22

Pagination

55-58

ISSN

1757-9759

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Sage Publications Ltd.

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2014 The Authors

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