Table 2.
Outcome | Collected by | Frequency of collection | Source |
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Primary outcomes |
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Incidence rate of diarrhea in school children |
School absence registers and parental confirmation (telephone interview) |
Recorded daily, collected weekly |
Teachers; children’s parents |
Density of adult female Aedes aegypti in each school (that is, number of mosquitoes collected per time unit) |
Electric Prokopack aspirator in 10 to 15 min per classroom |
At 4, 9, and 15 months post-intervention |
Collections in schools |
Secondary outcomes |
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Breteau index (number of containers with Ae. aegypti immatures/100 schools) |
Dippers and nets |
At 4, 9, and 15 months post-intervention |
Containers in schools |
Number of pupil absence episodes and absence days due to diarrhea |
School absence registers and parental confirmation (telephone interview) |
Recorded daily, collected weekly |
Teachers and parents of children |
Number of pupil absence episodes and days due to probable dengue |
School absence registers, parental confirmation (telephone interview), and health clinic confirmation. Probable cases defined based on WHO criteria [13] |
Recorded daily, collected weekly |
Teachers, parents, and health clinics |
Number of pupil absence episodes and days due to all-cause illness |
School absence registers and parental confirmation (telephone interview) |
Recorded daily, collected weekly |
Teachers and parents of children |
Values of drinking water quality parametersa |
Water samples |
At 4, 9, and 15 months post-intervention |
Drinking water containers in schools |
Values of calculated KAP-scores | Questionnaires | At 4, 9, and 15 months post-intervention | School children |
aIn-situ: temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids; Laboratory: Total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and E. coli.