Table 1.

PubMed search strategy, modified as needed for use in other databases^a

Search	PubMed
1	(awareness) OR (“health promotion”) OR (intervention) OR (“health educat*”)
2	(“rheumatic fever” [MeSH]) OR (“rheumatic heart disease” [MeSH]) OR ([tiab])
3	(streptococ*) OR (“group A strept*”) OR (GAS) OR (“strept* pyogenes”)
4	(“sore throat”) OR (pharyngitis) OR (“throat infection”)
5	1 AND 2
6	1 AND 3
7	1 AND 4
8	5 AND 6 AND 7

*, wildcard term as per database notation; ^aMeSH, medical subject heading.