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Effect of Malaria Prevention Education on malaria, anemia and cognitive development among school-aged children in two malarious districts in Gamo Gofa Zone: cluster randomized controlled trial with nested process evaluation

Effect of Malaria Prevention Education on malaria, anemia and cognitive development among school-aged children in two malarious districts in Gamo Gofa Zone: cluster randomized controlled trial with nested process evaluation

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202001837195738
Enrollment
2304
Registered
2020-01-21
Start date
2019-10-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Malaria

Interventions

Malaria preveention education
Malaria prevention education

Sponsors

Arba Minch University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Aged 5-14 years (age 6-12 for cognitive development Resident in the area at least for the last 20 days Living with parents or guardian to give assent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: severely ill to respond for questions Has taken antimalarial drug recently

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
malaria parasitemia-Difference in the prevalence of malaria parasitemia among school-aged children in intervention and control schools by using rapid diagnostic test or blood film examination at 12 months follow-up;Anemia-Difference in the prevalence of anemia among school-aged children in intervention and control schools by measuring hemoglobin concentration using hemoCue analyzer at 12 months of follow-up

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
incidence of clinical malaria-Difference in the incidence of clinical malaria between intervention and control schools at 12 months of follow-up;hemoglobin concentration-The mean hemoglobin difference between students in the intervention schools and control schools measured by using hemoCue analyzer at 12 months of follow-up;cognitive performance-Difference in the cognitive development between intervention and control schools measured by using test of everyday attention for children

Countries

Ethiopia

Contacts

Public ContactZerihun Zerdo

PhD student in Antwerp University

zedozerihun@gmail.com+251913032073

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026