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| Title |
A qualitative study to assess community barriers to malaria mass drug administration trials in the Gambia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-13-47 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Natalie J Dial, Serign J Ceesay, Roly D Gosling, Umberto D’Alessandro, Kimberly A Baltzell |
| Abstract |
Mass drug administration (MDA) is a strategy widely used in the control of human parasitic diseases but has been rarely attempted with malaria, the most common and dangerous parasitic disease in humans. MDA is an intervention strategy that involves simultaneously dispensing treatment to an entire population in a given geographic area. With some areas in sub-Saharan Africa documenting a decline in malaria transmission, the feasibility of MDA to further reduce malaria transmission is being considered. Understanding community perceptions of such an activity is vitally important for the design of the study and gaining the support of participants in order to maximize compliance and adherence. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 26 | 22% |
| Researcher | 23 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 11% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2014.
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#4,464
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#57
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