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Table 1 CRESIPT consultation process

From: Designing and implementing a socioeconomic intervention to enhance TB control: operational evidence from the CRESIPT project in Peru

Formative activities

Attendees

Number performed

Number of participantsa

Notes/details

A. Analysis of evidence

CRESIPT project research team and international collaborators from Imperial College London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and John Hopkins School of Public Health

3

28

Analysis and publication of ISIAT project results in 2011 [39] WHO-commissioned systematic review of conditional cash transfer schemes’ impact on TB control in 2011 [20] plus updated review in 2014

B. Expert consultation

Peruvian National TB program chiefs

10

8

Steering meetings with regional and national TB Program coordinators

JUNTOS (www.juntos.gob.pe) (Peruvian conditional cash transfer program)b

1

5

Discussed logistics and minimal impact evaluation of conditional cash transfers for health and education to female heads of rural households [5]

WHO Stop-TB partnership

3

5

Ongoing meetings and site visits

World Bank

2

3

Ongoing meetings with senior World Bank economists especially relating to cost-effectiveness considerations

C. Symposia and conferences

International multi-sectoral researchers (including World and Pan-American Health Organisation members)

3

30

“Social protection interventions for TB control”, UK, 2012 [19] WHO led policy consultation on social protection for TB in Brazil, 2013 [16] TB Union World Lung Health conference in France, 2013

D. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs)

CRESIPT multidisciplinary team

9

10

www.ifhad.org FGDs with the CRESIPT field team research personnel

Ex-TB patient civil society “LUPORFAT”

4

13

Registered “Junta Directiva” (board of directors) of ex-TB patient community representatives “Lucha Por Familias Afectadas Por TBC” www.prisma.org Structured interviews and FGDs

Key NGO Stakeholders

4

5

CRESIPT project participants

19

20

Including participatory community meetings and training of facilitators

Peruvian National TB program health post staff

18

12

Multi-disciplinary teams: co-ordinators, doctors, nurses and technicians

Banks

6

5

Account executives and social inclusion department representatives

E. Field team meetings

CRESIPT multidisciplinary team

34

11

Covered operational field logistics and acceptance of the intervention

F. Steering committee

CRESIPT multidisciplinary team & international Collaborators

19

6

Twice monthly committee review of published literature (including systematic review) and discussion of financial, methodological and statistical design issues and potential intervention improvements

TOTAL

NA

135

NA

NA

  1. While JUNTOS may be TB-inclusive (i.e. some TB patients will receive incentives as they are below this poverty threshold), it is neither TB-sensitive nor TB-specific [20]
  2. FGD focus group discussion
  3. amean average
  4. bWe were unable to integrate our urban TB-specific intervention with JUNTOS’ existing rural cash transfer scheme