Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Community drug distributors or neglected tropical disease (NTD) volunteers have played a crucial role in ensuring the success of mass drug administration (MDA) programs using preventive chemotherapy (PC) for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma and soil transmitted helmint...

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Main Authors: Alison Krentel, Margaret Gyapong, Shruti Mallya, Nana Yaa Boadu, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mariana Stephens, Deborah A McFarland
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bb2bb9652a0d4ac1ad145815a0e7496e 2023-05-15T15:15:22+02:00 Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Alison Krentel Margaret Gyapong Shruti Mallya Nana Yaa Boadu Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo Mariana Stephens Deborah A McFarland 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006065 https://doaj.org/article/bb2bb9652a0d4ac1ad145815a0e7496e EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5718409?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006065 https://doaj.org/article/bb2bb9652a0d4ac1ad145815a0e7496e PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0006065 (2017) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006065 2022-12-31T13:31:37Z Community drug distributors or neglected tropical disease (NTD) volunteers have played a crucial role in ensuring the success of mass drug administration (MDA) programs using preventive chemotherapy (PC) for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma and soil transmitted helminths. In recent years however, a noticeable decline in motivation of some of these volunteers has been perceived, potentially negatively impacting the success of these programs. Potential hypotheses for this change in motivation include the long duration of many MDA programs, the change in sociocultural environments as well as the changes to the programs over time. This literature review identifies factors that affect NTD volunteer performance and motivation, which may be used to influence and improve future programming.A systematic search was conducted to identify studies published between January 1995 and September 2016 that investigate factors pertaining to volunteer motivation and performance in NTD drug distribution programs. Searches from several databases and grey literature yielded 400 records, of which 28 articles from 10 countries met the inclusion criteria. Quality assessment of studies was performed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme(CASP) checklist. Data pertaining to motivation, performance, retention and satisfaction was extracted and examined for themes. Recurring themes in the literature included monetary and material incentives, intrinsic motivation, gender, cost to participate, and health systems and community support. Of these, community support and the health system were found to be particularly impactful. Very few studies were found to explicitly look at novel incentives for volunteers and very few studies have considered the out of pocket and opportunity costs that NTD volunteers bear carrying out their tasks.There is currently great interest in incorporating more attractive incentive schemes for NTD volunteers. However, our results show that the important challenges that volunteers ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11 12 e0006065
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Mariana Stephens
Deborah A McFarland
Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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description Community drug distributors or neglected tropical disease (NTD) volunteers have played a crucial role in ensuring the success of mass drug administration (MDA) programs using preventive chemotherapy (PC) for lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma and soil transmitted helminths. In recent years however, a noticeable decline in motivation of some of these volunteers has been perceived, potentially negatively impacting the success of these programs. Potential hypotheses for this change in motivation include the long duration of many MDA programs, the change in sociocultural environments as well as the changes to the programs over time. This literature review identifies factors that affect NTD volunteer performance and motivation, which may be used to influence and improve future programming.A systematic search was conducted to identify studies published between January 1995 and September 2016 that investigate factors pertaining to volunteer motivation and performance in NTD drug distribution programs. Searches from several databases and grey literature yielded 400 records, of which 28 articles from 10 countries met the inclusion criteria. Quality assessment of studies was performed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme(CASP) checklist. Data pertaining to motivation, performance, retention and satisfaction was extracted and examined for themes. Recurring themes in the literature included monetary and material incentives, intrinsic motivation, gender, cost to participate, and health systems and community support. Of these, community support and the health system were found to be particularly impactful. Very few studies were found to explicitly look at novel incentives for volunteers and very few studies have considered the out of pocket and opportunity costs that NTD volunteers bear carrying out their tasks.There is currently great interest in incorporating more attractive incentive schemes for NTD volunteers. However, our results show that the important challenges that volunteers ...
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Margaret Gyapong
Shruti Mallya
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Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo
Mariana Stephens
Deborah A McFarland
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title Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
title_short Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
title_full Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
title_fullStr Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
title_full_unstemmed Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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