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Environmental management for dengue control: a systematic review protocol
  1. Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud1,
  2. Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip1,
  3. Noor Aliza Lodz1,
  4. Eida Nurhadzira Muhammad1,
  5. Norzawati Yoep1,
  6. Mohd Hazrin Hashim1,
  7. Faizah Paiwai1,
  8. Jayanthi Rajarethinam2,
  9. Joel Aik2,
  10. Nor Asiah Muhammad3
  1. 1 Center for Communicable Disease Research, Institute for Public Health, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
  2. 2 Environmental Health Institute, (WHO Collaboration Center for Reference and Research of Arbovirus and Their Associated Vectors) National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  3. 3 Institute for Public Health, Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
  1. Correspondence to Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud; amierulfikri{at}gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction Dengue is among the most important mosquito-borne diseases, with more than half of the world’s population at risk of infection in dengue endemic countries. Environmental management, which includes any activities that involve environmental modification, environmental manipulation and changes to human behaviour have been used to mitigate the risk of dengue transmission. In this protocol, we will integrate the data from various sources to assess the overall effect of environmental management on the incidence of dengue and other entomological indices.

Methods and analyses We will conduct a systematic review of intervention that assess the effect of environmental management on the incidence of dengue and/or entomological indices. We will include any studies that include intervention through environmental management for dengue control, involving environmental modification, environmental manipulation and changes to human behaviour. A comprehensive search will be performed in electronic databases PUBMED, CENTRAL, SCOPUS, Web of Science and relevant research websites such as PROPSERO, WHO ICTRP and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify studies that meet our inclusion criteria. A systematic approach to searching, screening, reviewing and data extraction will be applied based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis. Titles, abstract, keywords for eligibility will be examined independently by researchers. The quality of the included studies will be assessed using quality assessment tool for studies with diverse design and Cochrane risk of bias tool. The characteristics of the selected articles will be described based on the study design, types of intervention and outcomes of the study in various countries. These include the types of environmental management intervention methods and the effectiveness of the intervention in reducing dengue cases or incidence and impact on entomological indices.

Ethics and dissemination We will register this systematic review with the National Medical Research Register, Ministry of Health Malaysia. This protocol also had been registered with the PROSPERO. No ethical approval is necessary, as there will be no collection of primary data. The results will be disseminated though a peer-reviewed publication and conference presentation.

Trial registration number CRD42018092189.

  • environmental management
  • dengue control
  • systematic review

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026101

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors Conceiving the protocol: MAFM and MHAM. Designing the protocol: MAFM, NAL, JA and JR. Coordinating the protocol: MAFM. Designing search strategies: ENM, FP, NY and MHH. Writing the protocol: MAFM, MAHM and NAM. Providing advice on the protocol: NAM.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.