Factors shaping the implementation of the SAFE strategy for trachoma using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: a systematic review

References

• Thylefors B, Dawson CR, Jones BR, et al. A simple system for the assessment of trachoma and its complications. Bull World Health Organ. 1987;65:477–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• West SK. Blinding trachoma: prevention with the safe strategy. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003;69:18–23.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Health Organisation. Trachoma Fact Sheet. 2016.
   Google Scholar
• Hu VH, Harding‐Esch EM, Burton MJ, et al. Epidemiology and control of trachoma: systematic review. Trop Med Int Health. 2010;15:673–691.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuper H, Solomon AW, Buchan J, et al. A critical review of the SAFE strategy for the prevention of blinding trachoma. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003;3:372–381.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Emerson PM, Burton M, Solomon AW, et al. The SAFE strategy for trachoma control: using operational research for policy, planning and implementation. Bull World Health Organ. 2006;84:613–619.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ngondi J, Gebre T, Shargie EB, et al. Evaluation of three years of the SAFE strategy (surgery, antibiotics, facial cleanliness and environmental improvement) for trachoma control in five districts of Ethiopia hyperendemic for trachoma. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009;103:1001–1010.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Astle WF, Wiafe B, Ingram AD, et al. Trachoma control in Southern Zambia—an international team project employing the SAFE strategy. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2006;13:227–236.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith JL, Flueckiger RM, Hooper PJ, et al. The geographical distribution and burden of trachoma in Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7:e2359.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Damschroder LJ, Aron DC, Keith RE, et al. Fostering implementation of health services research findings into practice: a consolidated framework for advancing implementation science. Implement Sci. 2009;4:1.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Proctor E, Silmere H, Raghavan R, et al. Outcomes for implementation research: conceptual distinctions, measurement challenges, and research agenda. Adm Policy Ment Health Ment Health Serv Res. 2011;38:65–76.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heller RF, Verma A, Gemmell I, et al. Critical appraisal for public health: a new checklist. Public Health. 2008;122:92–98.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Popay J, Roberts H, Sowden A, et al. Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews. A product from the ESRC methods programme Version. 2006;1:b92.
   Google Scholar
• Iwelunmor J, Blackstone S, Veira D, et al. Toward the sustainability of health interventions implemented in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and conceptual framework. Implement Sci. 2016;11:43.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khandekar R, Thanah TTK, Thi PD. Impact of face washing and environmental improvement on reduction of active trachoma in Vietnam—a public health intervention study. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2006;13:43–52.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ajewole JF, Faal H, Johnson G, et al. Understanding the community perspectives of trachoma: the Gambia as a case study. Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2001;8:163–180.
   Google Scholar
• Kuper H, Solomon AW, Buchan JC, et al. Participatory evaluations of trachoma control programmes in eight countries. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10:764–772.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lange FD, Baunach E, McKenzie R, et al. Trachoma elimination in remote Indigenous Northern Territory communities: baseline health-promotion study. Aust J Prim Health. 2014;20:34–40.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bamani S, Toubali E, Diarra S, et al. Enhancing community knowledge and health behaviors to eliminate blinding trachoma in Mali using radio messaging as a strategy. Health Educ Res. 2013;28:360–370.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vinke C, Lonergan S. Social and environmental risk factors for trachoma: a mixed methods approach in the Kembata Zone of southern Ethiopia. Can J Dev Stud. 2011;32:254–268.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thompson K, Hutchins H, Baio A, et al. Health beliefs and perceptions of trachoma in communities on the Bijagos Archipelago of Guinea Bissau. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2015;22:190–199.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewallen S, Massae P, Tharaney M, et al. Evaluating a school-based trachoma curriculum in Tanzania. Health Educ Res. 2008;23:1068–1073.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang Z, Norris SL, Bero L. Implementation plans included in World Health Organisation guidelines. Implement Sci. 2015;11:76.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khandekar R, Bullard M, Thanh TTK, et al. Knowledge and practice related to trachoma among children in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study. J Health Commun. 2004;9:77–83.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Linehan M, Hanson C, Weaver A, et al. Integrated implementation of programs targeting neglected tropical diseases through preventive chemotherapy: proving the feasibility at national scale. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011;84:5–14.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar