Community-level interventions to promote integrated positive behaviour change, health provider care capacity, de-stigmatization and social integration of women with skin NTDs in rural endemic hotspots in Ebonyi, Nigeria: a peri-COVID-19 pandemic proof-of-
Research question
1. What is the integrated knowledge of skin NTDs among affected and unaffected households in rural endemic communities?
2. What are community perceptions on stigma, stigma drivers and strategies to prevent stigma against women with skin NTDs in selected rural endemic communities?
3. How do women with skin NTDs cope with stigma in rural endemic communities?
4. What is the health service utilization patterns of women with skin NTDs in selected rural endemic communities?
5. What is the effect of community-level multi-component intervention on health seeking, de-stigmatization and social integration of women with skin NTDs in rural endemic communities?
Study sites
Oriuzor village in Oriuzor community, Ezza North LGA , Nigeria
In progress
Agbenyim village in Mgbaluku community, Izzi LGA , Nigeria
In progress
Notes
Grant awardee: Ijeoma Nkem Okedo-Alex