Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach

Background: As current dengue control strategies have been shown to be largely ineffective in reducing dengue in school-aged children, novel approaches towards dengue control need to be studied. Insecticideimpregnated school uniforms represent an innovative approach with the theoretical potential to...

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Main Authors: Murray, Natasha, Jansarikij, Suphachai, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Kittayapong, Pattamaporn, Louis, Valérie R., Olanratmanee, Phanthip, Maskhao, Pongsri, Souares, Aurélia
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1059762022-02-16T16:26:21Z Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach Murray, Natasha Jansarikij, Suphachai Wilder-Smith, Annelies Kittayapong, Pattamaporn Louis, Valérie R. Olanratmanee, Phanthip Maskhao, Pongsri Souares, Aurélia Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) DRNTU::Science::Medicine Background: As current dengue control strategies have been shown to be largely ineffective in reducing dengue in school-aged children, novel approaches towards dengue control need to be studied. Insecticideimpregnated school uniforms represent an innovative approach with the theoretical potential to reduce dengue infections in school children. Objectives: This study took place in the context of a randomised control trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of permethrin-impregnated school uniforms (ISUs) for dengue prevention in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The objective was to assess the acceptability of ISUs among parents, teachers, and principals of school children involved in the trial. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative tools were used in a mixed methods approach. Class-clustered randomised samples of school children enrolled in the RCT were selected and their parents completed 321 self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyse the quantitative data. Focus group discussions and individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents, teachers, and principals. Qualitative data analysis involved content analysis with coding and thematic development. Results: The knowledge and experience of dengue was substantial. The acceptability of ISUs was high. Parents (87.3%; 95% CI 82.9 90.8) would allow their child to wear an ISU and 59.9% (95% CI 53.7 65.9) of parents would incur additional costs for an ISU over a normal uniform. This was significantly associated with the total monthly income of a household and the educational level of the respondent. Parents (62.5%; 95% CI 56.6 68.1) indicated they would be willing to recommend ISUs to other parents. Conclusions: Acceptability of the novel tool of ISUs was high as defined by the lack of concern along with the willingness to pay and recommend. Considering issues of effectiveness and scalability, assessing acceptability of ISUs over time is recommended. Published version 2014-09-29T00:56:15Z 2019-12-06T22:02:00Z 2014-09-29T00:56:15Z 2019-12-06T22:02:00Z 2014 2014 Journal Article Murray, N., Jansarikij, S., Olanratmanee, P., Maskhao, P., Souares, A., Wilder-Smith, A., et al. (2014). Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach. Global health action, 7, 1-8. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105976 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23912 10.3402/gha.v7.24887 25183313 en Global health action © 2014 Natasha Murray et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. 8 p. application/pdf
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Murray, Natasha
Jansarikij, Suphachai
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Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
Louis, Valérie R.
Olanratmanee, Phanthip
Maskhao, Pongsri
Souares, Aurélia
Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
description Background: As current dengue control strategies have been shown to be largely ineffective in reducing dengue in school-aged children, novel approaches towards dengue control need to be studied. Insecticideimpregnated school uniforms represent an innovative approach with the theoretical potential to reduce dengue infections in school children. Objectives: This study took place in the context of a randomised control trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of permethrin-impregnated school uniforms (ISUs) for dengue prevention in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The objective was to assess the acceptability of ISUs among parents, teachers, and principals of school children involved in the trial. Methodology: Quantitative and qualitative tools were used in a mixed methods approach. Class-clustered randomised samples of school children enrolled in the RCT were selected and their parents completed 321 self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to analyse the quantitative data. Focus group discussions and individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with parents, teachers, and principals. Qualitative data analysis involved content analysis with coding and thematic development. Results: The knowledge and experience of dengue was substantial. The acceptability of ISUs was high. Parents (87.3%; 95% CI 82.9 90.8) would allow their child to wear an ISU and 59.9% (95% CI 53.7 65.9) of parents would incur additional costs for an ISU over a normal uniform. This was significantly associated with the total monthly income of a household and the educational level of the respondent. Parents (62.5%; 95% CI 56.6 68.1) indicated they would be willing to recommend ISUs to other parents. Conclusions: Acceptability of the novel tool of ISUs was high as defined by the lack of concern along with the willingness to pay and recommend. Considering issues of effectiveness and scalability, assessing acceptability of ISUs over time is recommended.
author2 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
author_facet Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
Murray, Natasha
Jansarikij, Suphachai
Wilder-Smith, Annelies
Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
Louis, Valérie R.
Olanratmanee, Phanthip
Maskhao, Pongsri
Souares, Aurélia
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author Murray, Natasha
Jansarikij, Suphachai
Wilder-Smith, Annelies
Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
Louis, Valérie R.
Olanratmanee, Phanthip
Maskhao, Pongsri
Souares, Aurélia
author_sort Murray, Natasha
title Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
title_short Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
title_full Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
title_fullStr Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
title_full_unstemmed Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand : a mixed methods approach
title_sort acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in thailand : a mixed methods approach
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