Table 1.

Details of the case studies

	Urban case study	Rural case study	Hospital case study
Study design	Observational study	Cluster Randomised Trial	Longitudinal cohort study
Setting	Urban setting	Rural setting	Hospital setting
Target population	School communities School children	Villages All households in selected villages	TB patients
CE activities	Meetings with Primary Education Advisors Meetings with Parents and Teacher Association committees Meetings with parents Meetings with students Study information sent to communities	Community involvement to select volunteers and committees Training of community volunteers Village workshops facilitated by community volunteers Community volunteers involved in monitoring and evaluation	Consultation FGD Sensitization of health care workers
Aims of CE	Raise awareness about the study To get feedback on the research and engage in two-way dialogue with communities	To educate and empower communities to implement interventions aimed at preventing malaria	To explore patients and community members’ understanding of study information and to seek their feedback