Improving Coverage and Compliance in Mass Drug Administration for the Elimination of LF in Two ‘Endgame’ Districts in Indonesia Using Micronarrative Surveys
PLoS neglected tropical diseasesPublished 3 November 2016Open access
Alison Krentel, Rita Damayanti, Christiana Rialine Titaley, Nugroho Suharno, Mark Bradley, Timothy Lynam
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Micronarrative surveys were shown to be a valid and effective tool to detect operational issues within MDA programs and could benefit underperforming MDA Programs as well as other disease control programs where a deeper understanding is needed to improve healthcare delivery.
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Micronarrative surveys were shown to be a valid and effective tool to detect operational issues within MDA programs. District health staff felt ownership of the results, implementing feasible changes to their programs that resulted in significant improvements to coverage and compliance in the subsequent MDA. This kind of implementation research using a micronarrative survey tool could benefit underperforming MDA programs as well as other disease control programs where a deeper understanding is needed to improve healthcare delivery.
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