Interventions to maximize facial cleanliness and achieve environmental improvement for trachoma elimination: A review of the grey literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts are underway to scale-up the facial cleanliness and environmental improvement (F&E) components of the World Health Organization's SAFE strategy for elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Improving understanding of the F&E intervention landscape could inform advancements prior to scale-up, and lead to more effective and sustained behavior change.

Methods/findings

We systematically searched for relevant grey literature published from January 1965 through August 2016. Publications were eligible for review if they described interventions addressing F&E in the context of trachoma elimination programs. Subsequent to screening, we mapped attributes of F&E interventions. We then employed three behavior change frameworks to synthesize mapped data and i

SUBMITTER: Delea MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800663 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature