| dc.contributor.author | Bukachi, SA | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyamwaro, SO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Matete, GO | |
| dc.contributor.author | Karuga, JW | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-13T15:07:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-13T15:07:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-08 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | East Afr Med J. 2005 Aug;82(8):409-13. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/16261917 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/33341 | |
| dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE:
To assess the capacity of established community based organisations (CBOs) to disseminate information on sleeping sickness control.
DESIGN:
Participatory interview process administered to randomly selected CBOs in a tsetse and trypanosomosis endemic area.
SETTING:
Busia district, Western, Kenya.
RESULTS:
Community based organisations especially women groups and farmer field schools that are internally initiated have the potential to contribute greatly to sustainable sleeping sickness dissemination strategies. The study indicated a mean reach of between 400-600 persons per day, but with a range of up to 1000 persons per day.
CONCLUSION:
Internally initiated women groups may be the best options for targeting health education programmes with the aim of ensuring sustained community participation. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi. | en |
| dc.title | Capacity of community-based organisations to disseminate sleeping sickness information | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya. | en |
