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Table 2 Key methodological components of the community-based approach intervention of CD and COVID-19 in the city of Barcelona (2020)

From: COVID-19: an opportunity of systematic integration for Chagas disease. Example of a community-based approach within the Bolivian population in Barcelona

Key components of the study

Design, development and implementation

(description of methodological elements)

Periods of activity

2020 Community Health Action/intervention/strategy

 Mobilization of human resources, partners and stakeholders

Coordination with the General Consulate of Bolivia in Barcelona and the Plurinational Electoral Body of Boliviaa:

Agreement for the implementation of the CD and COVID-19 screening intervention in the framework of the national elections of Bolivia

August–September 2020

 Human resource mobilization

Coordination with the Blood and Tissue Bank of Catalonia

Discussion and design of the intervention protocols (in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic)

August–September 2020

 Human resource mobilization and health education

Coordination with ASAPECHA

Agreement to carry out the study; identification of human resources needs and training on COVID-19

August–September 2020

 Human resource mobilization, IEC and screening intervention

Implementation of the field strategy of screening

The resources included mobile units, public health experts, nurses, community health agents and peer educators

18 October 2020

 Laboratory diagnosis and healthcare

Processing of laboratory results and contact of infected population

Medical care and follow-up of infected population

October–November 2020

Since November 2020

  1. aThe Plurinational Electoral Body is an electoral body of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. It is made up of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the Departmental Electoral Courts, the Electoral Courts, the elected Juries and the Electoral Notaries