Development of a Framework for Evaluating the Sustainability of Community-based Dengue Control Projects
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There are currently no frameworks developed specifically for assessing community-based dengue control project sustainability. We first review the literature for frameworks for assessing project sustainability and second validate the framework criteria against the oldest community-based intervention using Mesocyclops in Xuan Phong commune, Nam Dinh province, north Vietnam, the subject of an intervention in 1998–2000. The framework used 13 criteria, clustered into three categories: 1) maintenance of health benefits from the original project, 2) continued delivery of community activities, and 3) human resource development. To provide consistency between criteria and to allow comparison both over time and with non-intervention communes, a five-point scale for each criterion was used, with the overall sustainability score calculated as the mean of all criteria. The framework offers a practical tool for assessing sustainability, and is amenable to adaptation for specific interventions without compromising the framework as a whole.
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Many approaches highlighted the importance of the ability of an initiative to garner and maintain resources through stable sources.
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- Authors
- Hanh, T. T. T., Hill, P. S., Kay, B. H., & Quy, T. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kay, Brian H.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2009-02
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 312-318
- ISSN
- 0002-9637 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2127212642
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 11.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Keywords
- dengue control, community-based intervention, project sustainability, sustainability assessment framework, Mesocyclops, biological mosquito control, human resource development, community activities
- MeSH terms
- Aedes, Animals, Community Health Services, Dengue, Dengue Virus, Family Characteristics, Health Plan Implementation, Health Policy, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mosquito Control, Program Evaluation, Focus Groups, Copepoda
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