Supply-side and demand-side factors influencing uptake of malaria testing services in the community: lessons for scale-up from a post-hoc analysis of a cluster randomised, community-based trial in western Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Maximising the impact of community-based programmes requires understanding how supply of, and demand for, the intervention interact at the point of delivery.

Design

Post-hoc analysis from a large-scale community health worker (CHW) study designed to increase the uptake of malaria diagnostic testing.

Setting

Respondents were identified during a household survey in western Kenya between July 2016 and April 2017.

Participants

Household members with fever in the last 4 weeks were interviewed at 12 and 18 months post-implementation. We collected monthly testing data from 244 participating CHWs and conducted semistructured interviews with a random sample of 70 CHWs.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome measure was diagnostic te

SUBMITTER: Kirui J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10410802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature