scholarly journals Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourou Barry ◽  
Patrice Toé ◽  
Lea Pare/Toe ◽  
Javier Lezaun ◽  
Mouhamed Drabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Entomological Research ◽  
The Village ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

Abstract Background Most field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, members of local communities have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study aims to examine the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities in the village of Bana, and, more broadly, to explore the motivations animating citizen participation in entomological research work. Methods A qualitative approach was used to examine the factors motivating the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. 85 individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and submitted for thematic content analysis. Results Data showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village. Conclusion These varying motivations reflected fundamentally different personal and collective perceptions about the participation process. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, our study highlights the importance of understanding the varied, context-specific reasons driving collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities.

scholarly journals Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourou Barry ◽  
Patrice Toé ◽  
Lea Pare/Toe ◽  
Javier Lezaun ◽  
Mouhamed Drabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Entomological Research ◽  
The Village ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

Abstract Background Most field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, Bana residents have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study examines the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities, and, more broadly, explores the reasons that animate citizen participation in entomological research work in malaria-endemic regions. Methods A qualitative approach was used to survey the factors motivating members of the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. Eighty-five individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results Data showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance domestic protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village.Conclusion These varying motivations reflect a set of differing personal and collective perceptions about the participation process, combining short and long-term, individual and collective motivations. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, the study highlights the complex reasons that drive collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities. Detailed knowledge of community expectations should underpin any effort to mobilize local participation in field research activities.

scholarly journals Motivations and expectations driving community participation in entomological research projects: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourou Barry ◽  
Patrice Toé ◽  
Lea Pare/Toe ◽  
Javier Lezaun ◽  
Mouhamed Drabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Entomological Research ◽  
The Village ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

Abstract Background Most field entomology research projects require active participation by local community members. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with residents in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso, in various studies involving mosquito collections, releases and recaptures. The long-term goal of this work is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, Bana residents have played an important role in research activities, yet the motivations and expectations that drive their participation remain under-investigated. This study examines the factors that motivate some members of the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities, and, more broadly, explores the reasons that animate citizen participation in entomological research work in malaria-endemic regions. Methods A qualitative approach was used to survey the factors motivating members of the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. Eighty-five individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections, and two with adult men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results Data showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in entomological research activities was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although interviewees expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency around five categories of motivation: (a) enhance domestic protection from mosquitoes and malaria, (b) contribute to a future world free of the disease, (c) acquire knowledge and skills, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige for the village.Conclusion These varying motivations reflect a set of differing personal and collective perceptions about the participation process, combining short and long-term, individual and collective motivations. Beyond the specific circumstances of this case, our study highlights the complex reasons that drive collective participation in entomological research and vector control activities. Detailed knowledge of community expectations should underpin any effort to mobilize local participation in field research activities.

scholarly journals Community expectations and motivations in entomological research activities for the development of innovative malaria vector control tools: Target Malaria as a case study in Bana, Western Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nourou Barry ◽  
Patrice Toé ◽  
Lea Pare/Toe ◽  
Javier Lezaun ◽  
Mouhamed Drabo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Mosquito Collection ◽  
Entomological Research ◽  
The Village ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

Abstract BackgroundMany field entomology research projects involve local communities in mosquito-collection activities. Since 2012, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has been working with community members in various studies of mosquito collection, release and recapture in the village of Bana, in Western Burkina Faso. Target Malaria’s long-term goal is to develop innovative solutions to combat malaria in Africa with the help of mosquito modification technologies. Since the start of the project, members of local communities have shown interest in playing an active role in the implementation of the project’s research activities, but their actual motivations for such an interest remain under-investigated. This study therefore aimed to examine the factors that motivate the local community to contribute to the implementation of Target Malaria’s activities in the village of Bana. MethodsA qualitative approach was used to examine the factors motivating the local community to assist in the implementation of Target Malaria’s entomological research activities in Bana. 85 individual in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted, followed by interviews with three focus groups, one with youths who had participated in mosquito collections and two with men and women from the village. All data collected were fully transcribed, processed, and submitted for thematic content analysis. ResultsData showed that the willingness of local community members to participate in the entomological research activities of Target Malaria was informed by a wide range of motivational factors. Although the actors interviewed expressed their motivations under different semantic registers, the data showed a degree of consistency between different motivations advanced. These similarities enabled us to classify all of the motivational factors under 5 distinct categories: (a) assist in field research, (b) contribute to a better future, (c) acquire knowledge, (d) earn financial compensation, and (e) gain social prestige.ConclusionThese varying motivations reflected fundamentally different personal and collective perceptions about the participation process. In addition, this study shows that the interest of research on participation is a useful part of understanding public perceptions.

Effects of Some Aggregate and Filler Characteristics on Behavior and Durability of Asphalt Paving Mixtures

1996 ◽  
Vol 1530 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilan Ishai ◽  
Joseph Craus
Keyword(s):  
Physicochemical Properties ◽  
Surface Texture ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Particle Sizes ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Bituminous Mixtures ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Asphalt Paving

A summary of some of the findings obtained during a series of research projects aimed to select, define, and evaluate the significant aggregate and filler properties and relate them to the behavior of bituminous concrete is presented. A concept and test method suggested for an objective quantitative evaluation of the geometric irregularity of aggregate particles (shape, angularity, and surface texture combined) in a wide range of particle sizes are discussed. The aggregate parameters were found to be significantly correlated to the physical properties and mechanical behavior of the bituminous mixtures composed of the aggregates tested. Research work and findings related to a special evaluation of important physicochemical properties of the filler and their significant effect on the immediate properties and the long-term durability behavior of bituminous paving mixtures are summarized.

scholarly journals Master of Research in Psychology Applied to Education: Research Projects. Generation 2017-2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-290
Author(s):  
Zepeta García Enrique ◽  
Luna Domínguez Teresa de Jesús Pomposa ◽  
Escudero Campos Dinorah Arely
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Behavioral Approach ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Master's Programs ◽  
Child Disruptive Behavior ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Behavior Learning

The objective of this study was to analyze the research projects presented by MIPAE students of the 2017-2019 generation. A non-probabilistic sample of 18 students who presented research summaries for the XV Research Colloquium of the Multiregional Network of Quality Master's Programs in Psychology was studied. Procedure. Ex post facto study of a single group to determine the characteristics of the summary presented as an academic element during the training process to carry out research activities. It was found that most of the abstracts correspond to 67% the behavioral approach. The projects are mostly focus on the educational field where: 38% corresponds to Basic Education. It is identified a very wide range of the objects of study of the diverse research from the students: Behavior modification training to teachers from primary education, Musical learning behavior, Parenting patterns and child disruptive behavior, Learning of competences of research, among others.The research projects of the MIPAE students are developed under two psychological approaches: behavioral and inter-behavioral.

scholarly journals Singing Sustenance: An Ethnographic Account of Village Songs and Community Development in Postwar Rural Japan

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Eid-Ul Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Work Songs ◽  
Southern Island ◽  
Village Life ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town

<p>This paper offers an ethnographic account of seven village songs associated with community development in postwar rural Japan. These songs belong to Oyama Town in the southern island of Kyushu in Japan, and were created by the local community members mostly between 1961 and 1965. In Japan the village songs in prewar period were rooted in daily village life, and sang the glory of nostalgia in the form of work songs, party songs, calendrical or communal festival songs. In the postwar period, however, village songs embraced modernity as their focal theme. These seven village songs, created during high growth days, are songs with a difference as they portray efforts to bring about community development, under the New Plum and Chestnut (NPC) movement, with plum and chestnut as main crops, against the backdrop of a strongly centralized policy oriented rural Japan. The research found that the village songs had encouraged and motivated a rural community like the Oyama Town to create a “sense of community” through shared values and common goal. By exploring these songs, the research also identified that the local government such as the town office, which acted as a legitimate vehicle either by nurturing the potential local human resources or by entrusting the responsibility of community development with the local employees, had played an important role in devising and materializing the common goal—the development of Oyama.</p>

scholarly journals Pengembangan Wisata Berbasis Masyarakat untuk Meningkatkan Perekonomian Masyarakat Desa Sekapuk Kecamatan Ujung Pangkah Kabupaten Gresik

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Nasirudin Al Ahsani ◽  
Kharisma Fitrotul ◽  
Ana Fauziyah ◽  
Berliantin Nahdiya
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Family Welfare ◽  
Tourist Attraction ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Regular Meeting ◽  
Inhibiting Factor ◽  
The Village

The water quality of the rivers in Gresik, specifically in Bengawan Solo river in Bungah-Ujung Pangkah area and the downstream of Brantas River in the Wringinanom-Driyorejo Region, is polluted as perceived from the total dissolved solids that reaches 5000 ppm. Meanwhile, the river water contaminated with microplastics in Bengawan Solo reaches 55.2/100 L and the downstream of Brantas River reaches 18.5/100 L3. The garbage does not only accumulate in rivers, but also on land. In Sekapuk Village, Ujung Pangkah Subdistrict, Gresik, there is a former limestone mine. Since the mining was completed, it ended up being a landfill from 2003 through 2017. The current study employs a qualitative research method. The data were collected from interviews, observation, and documentation. The objectives of this study are: 1) To determine the components of tourism and participatory planning in Setigi tourist attraction, 2) To determine the community development and empowerment in Setigi tourist attraction, and 3) to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in managing Setigi tourist attraction. The results of this study are as follows: 1) Setigi tourist attraction's components include parking areas, toilets, prayer rooms, gazebos, photo spots, culinary areas, ATV cars, and others. The planning of this tourist attraction came from an idea of the village head to make the village into a tourist attraction. As a result, a regular meeting is held on the 1st of every month which is attended by members of BUMDES, PEMDES, other village institutions such as local community units (RT & RW) and other community members, 2) The community development is carried out by providing opportunities to establish stalls for women in family welfare program (PKK) groups and each local community unit (RT /RW) in Sekapuk Village, 3) The supporting factors are the ability and the willingness to establish Setigi tourist attraction. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factor is the limited funds in the tourist attraction development, but a joint saving program was planned by the village head.

scholarly journals Entomological baseline data collection and power analyses in preparation of a mosquito swarm-killing intervention in south-western Burkina Faso

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdoulaye Niang ◽  
Simon P. Sawadogo ◽  
Abdoul A. Millogo ◽  
Nwamaka O. Akpodiete ◽  
Roch K. Dabiré ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Indoor Residual Spraying ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Malaria Vectors ◽  
Bed Nets ◽  
Adult Mosquito ◽  
Baseline Data Collection ◽  
The Village ◽  
Western Burkina Faso

Abstract Background Insecticides are currently the main tools used to reduce the transmission of malaria; therefore, the development of resistance to insecticides in malaria vectors is of major concern for malaria control. The resistance level to pyrethroids is particularly high in the Western region of Burkina Faso and may affect the efficacy of insecticidal bed nets and indoor residual spraying. Adult mosquito swarming and other nocturnal behaviours exhibit spatial and temporal patterns that suggest potential vulnerability to targeted space spraying with effective insecticides. Indeed, targeted space-spraying against adult mosquito swarms has been used to crash mosquito populations and disrupt malaria transmission. Methods Prior to impact assessment of swarm killing, a baseline data collection was conducted from June to November 2016 in 10 villages divided into two areas in western Burkina Faso. The data considered both ecological and demographic characteristics to monitor the key entomological parameters. Results The mean number of swarms observed was 35 per village, ranging from 25 to 70 swarms according to the village. Female density in both areas varied significantly as a function of the village and the period of collection. The human biting rate was significantly affected by the period of collection and depended upon whether the collection was carried out indoors or outdoors. Averages of parity rate were high in both areas for all periods of collection, ranging from 60 to 90%. These values ranged from 80 to 100% for inseminated females. Sporozoite rates ranged between 1.6 and 7.2% depending upon the village. The molecular identification of resting and swarming mosquitoes showed the presence of the three major malaria vectors in Burkina Faso, but in different proportions for each village. Conclusions The distribution of the potential swarm markers and swarms in villages suggested that swarms are clustered across space, making intervention easier. Power simulations showed that the direct sampling of swarms provides the highest statistical power, thereby reducing the number of villages needed for a trial.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH WORK OF STUDENTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Oksana V. Kruteeva
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Student Research ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Student Reports ◽  
Digital Economics

The article provides an analysis of the work of the Department of Digital Economics and Management in the development and promotion of student research projects. Statistics on student reports at regional scientific conferences and publications over the past two years are presented. Directions improving the quality of scientific work, as well as organization of research activities of the Department are offered.

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