“I heard at home. The leader came by to inform”. The role of community leaders and community distributors in promoting uptake of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula Province, Mozambique: a qualitative study
Involving community leaders in the mobilisation and distribution of interventions, such as SMC, helps to facilitate active participation from the community and result in greater acceptability and community uptake.
Authors
- K. Scott Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2040-3662)
- Mercia Sitoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4095-571X)
- Ivan Alejandro Pulido Tarquino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-8268)
- Baltazar Candrinho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7373-6631)
- Jossias Machava
- Regina Passe
Institutions
- Malaria Consortium (GB)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- National Directorate of Geology (MZ)
- Malaria Consortium (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23092-6
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00