V Goel, J Grafman, N Sadato, M Hallett
Modeling other minds
Neuroreport
perennial malaria chemoprevention pmc aims protect children risk severe malaria administration antimalarial drugs children defined ages throughout year sulfadoxinepyrimethamine sp widely used chemoprevention africa childfriendly dispersible tablet formulation recently become available qualitative noninterventional observational study conducted benin cte divoire mozambique february june 2022 prototype blister packs dispensing boxes job aids designed support dispersible sp deployment pmc evaluated using focus group discussions fgd semistructured indepth individual interviews idi health authorities health personnel community health workers chws caregivers aim evaluate knowledge perceptions malaria chemoprevention test understanding tools identify gaps understanding satisfaction userfriendliness acceptability assess potential role chws pmc implementation interviews transcribed imported atlasti encoding categorization thematic content analysis used deductive inductive coding crossreferencing findings countries participants enrich data interpretation continuous comparison across idi fgd permitted iterative collaborative development materials overall 106 participants completed idis 70 contributed fgds malaria widely recognised common disease affecting children pmc viewed positive intervention support child health role chws perceived differently target groups caregivers appreciating trusted status community whereas health authorities preferred clinicbased deployment pmc health professionals empirical testing prototype blister packs dispensing boxes job aids highlighted contextspecific expectations respondents familiar situations equipment identified areas confusion low acceptance key finding need clear product identity reflecting malaria simple modifications profoundly affected perception pmc influenced acceptability iterative quantitative investigation resulted pmcspecific materials suited local context sociocultural norms target population aim increasing access chemoprevention children risk severe malaria