02892nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260003400042653005700076653002700133653002100160653002100181100001300202700001500215700001500230700001500245700001500260700002100275700001300296700001500309700001200324245016800336520210900504022002502613       2020                            d  bOxford University Press (OUP)10aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health10aHealth(social science)10aGeneral Medicine10aHealth Education1 aEjike CU1 aOluwole AS1 aOmitola OO1 aBayegun AA1 aShoneye IY1 aAkeredolu-Ale BI1 aIdowu OA1 aMafiana CF1 aEkpo UF00aSchisto and Ladders version 2: a health educational board game to support compliance with school-based mass drug administration with praziquantel – a pilot study3 a<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
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                  <jats:title>Background</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We redesigned the Schisto and Ladders health educational board game and evaluated its potential to encourage compliance to school-based mass drug administration with praziquantel.</jats:p>
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                  <jats:title>Methods</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Two hundred and seventy-five children from six schools who rejected praziquantel treatment were divided into intervention and control groups. Before the intervention, preassessment interviews were conducted on their knowledge about praziquantel treatment and schistosomiasis. The Schisto and Ladders version 2 game as an intervention, and the Snakes and Ladders game as a control, were played for 6 mo. Postassessment interviews, including focus group discussions, were conducted.</jats:p>
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                  <jats:title>Results</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>At preassessment, 0/98 (0.0%) children in the intervention group had heard of praziquantel compared with 2/177 (1.1%) in the control group. Similarly, 0/98 (0.0%) children in the intervention group did not know that praziquantel does not kill compared with 4/177 (2.3%) in the control group. The postassessment showed that 53/78 (67.9%) in the intervention group were aware of praziquantel compared with 2/177 (1.1%) in the control group (p=0.000). Similarly, 53 (69.7%) in the intervention group knew about the safety of praziquantel compared with 0/177 (0.0%) in the control group (p=0.000). Sixty-four children (65.3%) from the intervention group sought praziquantel treatment after the trial.</jats:p>
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                  <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Schisto and Ladders version 2 is a useful sensitisation tool with which to encourage compliance to praziquantel treatment in schools.</jats:p>
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