Period (2019) | Activity | Objective |
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April | LUANAR Maize field tour | Kasungu Community members visited LUANAR farms to understand how the intervention maize was grown, understand how Selenium fertilizer techniques were applied. An opportunity to discuss with the LUANAR team about overall maize and study-related information |
July | Sensitisation Meeting (After Baseline Study and Ethics FGD and IDI) | Meeting organized by the trial Implementing team in a trial community area |
These meetings were scheduled in response to the ethics engagement exercise: The following were topics of discussion | ||
Safety of flour and flour consumption procedures | ||
To refute rumors about blood donation | ||
To highlight milestones on study activities and a reminder on study roles and responsibilities | ||
Discuss flour distribution procedures | ||
Discuss information needs, answer questions | ||
July | LUANAR Flour Processing visit | Kasungu Community members visited LUANAR for an opportunity to visit the maize mill where dehulling and determining of the maize grain and maize flour milling was taking place |
July | Community dish sharing activity | This was a dish-sharing event that was organized by the LUANAR team to cook and eat the study flour together with participating village members, Kasungu district key stakeholders before the trial flour consumption commenced. It was organized as an event to nullify rumors, alleviate fear about the flour, and cement trust |
September | Endline Community Information Sharing Sessions | These meetings were scheduled in response to the ethics engagement exercise: The following were topics of discussion: |
Highlight the importance of endline blood donation | ||
Motivate study participants to donate blood and adhere to flour consumption | ||
Discuss blood donation procedures | ||
Discuss information needs, answer questions and hear concerns and fears |