# _Confidentiality_

Participants, parents and guardians will be informed that participation in a research study may involve a loss of privacy. All records will be kept as confidential as possible. Participants will be identified primarily by their study number and patient names will not be entered into the computerized database. No individual identities will be used in any reports or publications resulting from the study.

# **12. Expected Application of Results**

The results will be disseminated primarily to the Division of Malaria Control (Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation) and the School Health and Nutrition Programme (Ministry of Education), as well as to the District Health Management Team and District Education Office, and other interested stakeholders. This study form part of the evidence-base required by the government of Kenya to inform the decision as to the appropriate malaria control strategy in schools. For example, it will be important to know whether both health and education intervention is required to improve educational outcomes. The evidence may also be useful to other African countries thinking of developing similar interventions and to national and international organizations that may be willing to fund such interventions at a national level. It is also anticipated that the results will be presented at appropriate national and international scientific meetings and several papers will be written and submitted to peer-reviewed scientific journals for publication.

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