Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

Veronica L Tallo, Hélène Carabin, Portia P Alday, Ernesto Jr Balolong, Remigio M Olveda, Stephen T McGarvey

Volume 86, Number 10, October 2008, 765-771

Table 2. Participation in a schistosomiasis mass treatment programme, according to barangay-level variables in 50 barangays, Samar province, the Philippines

Variable	Number	Median	IQR
Mass media to announce treatment^a
Yes	39	54.3	39.1–67.6
No	11	45.3	42.0–60.8
House-to-house information saturation drive
Yes	23	54.1	43.6–67.3
No	27	50.2	36.5–72.3
Barangay captain present during the mass treatment
Yes	22	52.6	42.0–67.3
No	28	50.4	40.4–50.4
BHW involvement during mass treatment
None	6	33.6	22.3–72.4
Some	14	57.9	42.0–63.8
Full	30	52.6	44.0–67.6
Villagers helping in the mass treatment activities
Yes	21	56.8	46.1–72.3
No	29	47.9	39.1–60.6
Community involvement index
Low	4	36.1	26.1–62.0
Fair	7	39.0	35.9–60.4
Active	26	54.2	45.3–67.6
Full	13	55.6	46.1–67.3
Irrigation status of the barangay
Irrigated	25	54.0	45.3–67.3
Rain-fed	25	47.9	35.9–63.8

Barangay, village; BHW, barangay health worker; IQR, interquartile range.^a Mass media includes barangay assembly, public address system or ringing of the bell on the day of mass treatment itself.