A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings
Taenia solium (T. solium), is a zoonotic helminth causing three diseases namely; taeniasis (in humans), neurocysticercosis (NCC, in humans) and porcine cysticercosis (PCC, in pigs) and is one of the major foodborne diseases by burden. The success or failure of control options against this parasite i...
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| author | Ngwili, Nicholas Johnson, Nancy Wahome, R. Githigia, S. Roesel, Kristina Thomas, Lian F. |
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| description | Taenia solium (T. solium), is a zoonotic helminth causing three diseases namely; taeniasis (in humans), neurocysticercosis (NCC, in humans) and porcine cysticercosis (PCC, in pigs) and is one of the major foodborne diseases by burden. The success or failure of control options against this parasite in terms of reduced prevalence or incidence of the diseases may be attributed to the contextual factors which underpin the design, implementation, and evaluation of control programmes.The study used a mixed method approach combining systematic literature review (SLR) and key informant interviews (KII). The SLR focused on studies which implemented T. solium control programmes and was used to identify the contextual factors and enabling environment relevant to successful inception, planning and implementation of the interventions. The SLR used a protocol pre-registered at the International prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO) number CRD42019138107 and followed PRISMA guidelines on reporting of SLR. To further highlight the importance and interlinkage of these contextual factors, KII were conducted with researchers/implementers of the studies included in the SLR. The SLR identified 41 publications that had considerations of the contextual factors. They were grouped into efficacy (10), effectiveness (28) and scale up or implementation (3) research studies. The identified contextual factors included epidemiological, socioeconomic, cultural, geographical and environmental, service and organizational, historical and financial factors. The enabling environment was mainly defined by policy and strategies supporting T. solium control.Failure to consider the contextual factors operating in target study sites was shown to later present challenges in project implementation and evaluation that negatively affected expected outcomes. This study highlights the importance of fully considering the various domains of the context and integrating these explicitly into the plan for implementation and evaluation of control programmes. Explicit reporting of these aspects in the resultant publication is also important to guide future work. The contextual factors highlighted in this study may be useful to guide future research and scale up of disease control programmes and demonstrates the importance of close multi-sectoral collaboration in a One Health approach. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1139422025-08-15T13:22:48Z A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings Ngwili, Nicholas Johnson, Nancy Wahome, R. Githigia, S. Roesel, Kristina Thomas, Lian F. zoonoses disease control swine health taenia solium Taenia solium (T. solium), is a zoonotic helminth causing three diseases namely; taeniasis (in humans), neurocysticercosis (NCC, in humans) and porcine cysticercosis (PCC, in pigs) and is one of the major foodborne diseases by burden. The success or failure of control options against this parasite in terms of reduced prevalence or incidence of the diseases may be attributed to the contextual factors which underpin the design, implementation, and evaluation of control programmes.The study used a mixed method approach combining systematic literature review (SLR) and key informant interviews (KII). The SLR focused on studies which implemented T. solium control programmes and was used to identify the contextual factors and enabling environment relevant to successful inception, planning and implementation of the interventions. The SLR used a protocol pre-registered at the International prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO) number CRD42019138107 and followed PRISMA guidelines on reporting of SLR. To further highlight the importance and interlinkage of these contextual factors, KII were conducted with researchers/implementers of the studies included in the SLR. The SLR identified 41 publications that had considerations of the contextual factors. They were grouped into efficacy (10), effectiveness (28) and scale up or implementation (3) research studies. The identified contextual factors included epidemiological, socioeconomic, cultural, geographical and environmental, service and organizational, historical and financial factors. The enabling environment was mainly defined by policy and strategies supporting T. solium control.Failure to consider the contextual factors operating in target study sites was shown to later present challenges in project implementation and evaluation that negatively affected expected outcomes. This study highlights the importance of fully considering the various domains of the context and integrating these explicitly into the plan for implementation and evaluation of control programmes. Explicit reporting of these aspects in the resultant publication is also important to guide future work. The contextual factors highlighted in this study may be useful to guide future research and scale up of disease control programmes and demonstrates the importance of close multi-sectoral collaboration in a One Health approach. 2021-06-11 2021-06-15T08:23:22Z 2021-06-15T08:23:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113942 en Open Access Public Library of Science Ngwili, N., Johnson, N., Wahome, R., Githigia, S., Roesel, K. and Thomas, L. 2021. A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 15(6): e0009470. |
| spellingShingle | zoonoses disease control swine health taenia solium Ngwili, Nicholas Johnson, Nancy Wahome, R. Githigia, S. Roesel, Kristina Thomas, Lian F. A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title | A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title_full | A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title_short | A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| title_sort | qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of taenia solium infections in endemic settings |
| topic | zoonoses disease control swine health taenia solium |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113942 |
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