02253nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001653002600042653001700068653001100085653001800096653001800114653004200132653003100174653002500205653004300230653003300273653002400306100001700330700002200347700001100369700001300380700001200393245011900405856009000524300001000614490000600624520129500630022001401925       2012                            d10aSocioeconomic Factors10aParasitology10aHumans10aHelminthiasis10aHealth Policy10aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice10aEnvironmental Microbiology10aCooperative Behavior10aCommunity-Based Participatory Research10aCommunicable Disease Control10aBiomedical Research1 aGazzinelli A1 aCorrea-Oliveira R1 aYang G1 aBoatin B1 aKloos H00aA research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: social ecology, environmental determinants, and health systems.  uhttp://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0001603.PDF  ae16030 v63 a<p>In this paper, the Disease Reference Group on Helminth Infections (DRG4), established in 2009 by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), with the mandate to review helminthiases research and identify research priorities and gaps, focuses on the environmental, social, behavioural, and political determinants of human helminth infections and outlines a research and development agenda for the socioeconomic and health systems research required for the development of sustainable control programmes. Using Stockols' social-ecological approach, we describe the role of various social (poverty, policy, stigma, culture, and migration) and environmental determinants (the home environment, water resources development, and climate change) in the perpetuation of helminthic diseases, as well as their impact as contextual factors on health promotion interventions through both the regular and community-based health systems. We examine these interactions in regard to community participation, intersectoral collaboration, gender, and possibilities for upscaling helminthic disease control and elimination programmes within the context of integrated and interdisciplinary approaches. The research agenda summarises major gaps that need to be addressed.</p>
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