Skip to main content

Table 5 Key questions which were used to stimulate discussion with community health health workers in the intervention and control arms

From: Integrating use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers during mass drug administration campaigns to improve uptake of praziquantel treatment among the adult population at Kome Island, North-Western Tanzania: a cluster randomized community trial

In intervention arm

 1

What are the experiences and challenges you faced during the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis exercise?

 2

What opportunities did you take advantage of?

 3

What are the perspectives of other community members regarding the test/diagnosis and treatment?

 4

What recommendations do you have to help improve the test and treat exercise?

In control arm

 1

What are the experiences and challenges you faced during the treatment of intestinal schistosomiasis without diagnosis?

 2

What opportunities did you take advantage of?

 3

What are the perspectives of other community members regarding the treatment exercise without diagnosis?

 4

What recommendations do you have to help improve the treat exercise without diagnosis?