Applying citizen science for malaria prevention in Rwanda: An integrated conceptual framework

Q1 Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Njas-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.njas.2018.06.002

Domina Asingizwe , P. Marijn Poortvliet , Constantianus J.M. Koenraadt , Arnold J.H. Van Vliet , Marilyn M. Murindahabi , Chantal Ingabire , Leon Mutesa , Peter H. Feindt

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Abstract

Malaria remains a major threat to public health. Long-Lasting Insecticide-treated Nets (LLINs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) have been widely adopted as important malaria prevention and control interventions and have contributed to significant reduction in malaria incidence. However, recently malaria resurgence has been reported in different countries, including Rwanda, indicating that current attempts to control and eliminate malaria may be failing due to environmental changes and changes in human behaviour. Engaging citizens in malaria prevention and control would help them to identify and prioritize their own health concerns and be able to make appropriate decisions. A citizen science approach to monitor ecological changes by providing timely information is likely to support more effective and consistent use of malaria prevention and control interventions. However, the application of citizen science in malaria prevention and control has lagged behind when comparing with areas of disease diagnosis and treatment. In addition, the determinants of participation in such a citizen science program have not been fully analyzed. This paper presents a conceptual model of likely determinants of participation in connective action (sharing and exchange of malaria-related information), effective and consistent use of malaria preventive and control measures (LLINs and IRS) and collective action (participating in public goods for malaria prevention). The model will guide future research on behavioural and contextual factors and may enhance the effective and consistent use of malaria preventive and control interventions.

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在卢旺达应用公民科学预防疟疾:一个综合的概念框架

疟疾仍然是对公众健康的主要威胁。长效驱虫蚊帐(LLINs)和室内滞留喷洒(IRS)已被广泛采用为重要的疟疾预防和控制干预措施，并有助于显著降低疟疾发病率。然而，最近在包括卢旺达在内的不同国家报告了疟疾卷土重来，这表明由于环境变化和人类行为的变化，目前控制和消除疟疾的努力可能正在失败。让公民参与疟疾预防和控制将有助于他们确定自己的健康问题并确定其优先次序，并能够作出适当的决定。通过提供及时的信息来监测生态变化的公民科学方法可能支持更有效和持续地使用疟疾预防和控制干预措施。然而，与疾病诊断和治疗领域相比，公民科学在疟疾预防和控制方面的应用落后了。此外，参与这种公民科学计划的决定因素尚未得到充分分析。本文提出了参与关联行动(疟疾相关信息的共享和交流)、有效和一致地使用疟疾预防和控制措施(LLINs和IRS)和集体行动(参与疟疾预防公共产品)的可能决定因素的概念模型。该模型将指导未来对行为和环境因素的研究，并可能加强疟疾预防和控制干预措施的有效和持续使用。

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Njas-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 农林科学-农业综合

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期刊介绍： The NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, published since 1952, is the quarterly journal of the Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences. NJAS aspires to be the main scientific platform for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research on complex and persistent problems in agricultural production, food and nutrition security and natural resource management. The societal and technical challenges in these domains require research integrating scientific disciplines and finding novel combinations of methodologies and conceptual frameworks. Moreover, the composite nature of these problems and challenges fits transdisciplinary research approaches embedded in constructive interactions with policy and practice and crossing the boundaries between science and society. Engaging with societal debate and creating decision space is an important task of research about the diverse impacts of novel agri-food technologies or policies. The international nature of food and nutrition security (e.g. global value chains, standardisation, trade), environmental problems (e.g. climate change or competing claims on natural resources), and risks related to agriculture (e.g. the spread of plant and animal diseases) challenges researchers to focus not only on lower levels of aggregation, but certainly to use interdisciplinary research to unravel linkages between scales or to analyse dynamics at higher levels of aggregation. NJAS recognises that the widely acknowledged need for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, also increasingly expressed by policy makers and practitioners, needs a platform for creative researchers and out-of-the-box thinking in the domains of agriculture, food and environment. The journal aims to offer space for grounded, critical, and open discussions that advance the development and application of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research methodologies in the agricultural and life sciences.