The engagement of schools in malaria control is an emerging strategy. Little is known about the involvement of students in the development of malaria messages. This study evaluated the message content of primary school students’ malaria poems. A qualitative content analysis was conducted to explore malaria messages conveyed in poems produced by students. Twenty poems were purposively selected from twenty schools across rural villages in five districts of the Jimma Zone. Data were analyzed using Atlas.ti version 7.1.4 software. The message contents were quantified in terms of frequency, and including metaphors, presented using central themes, categories, and supportive quotations. A total of 602 malarial contents were generated, and organized into 21 categories under five central themes. 1) Malaria-related knowledge (causation and modes of transmission, mosquito breeding and biting behavior, signs and symptoms, care for insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), and prevention methods), 2) Perceived threats from malaria, 3)The effectiveness of prevention methods (i.e., related to the adaption of ITNs, environmental cleaning, indoor residual spray (IRS), treatment for fever, and drug adherence practices), 4) Misconceptions, beliefs, and malpractices regarding the cause of malaria and drug use) and 5) Direct calls to the adopt ITN, IRS, clean surroundings, treatment, and drug use. The most commonly conveyed message contents were about the severity of malaria, distinguishable signs and symptoms, calls for community participation for malaria elimination, knowledge of preventive methods, and effectiveness of ITN use. Metaphoric expressions (war and death) were used to convey messages about the severity and the need to manage the prognosis of malaria through the active ITN use, which itself was metaphorically represented as ‘a trap’ to mosquitoes. The poetic analysis indicated that the students developed and disseminated rich malarial messages, especially on malarial knowledge, and perceptions, beliefs, norms and practices of the local community to prevent and control malaria. Therefore, primary school students can be a source of information and would effectively communicate knowledge, perceptions, and promote malaria related practices, particularly in rural settings.

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来自埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚吉马地区小学生的诗意疟疾信息：定性内容分析

学校参与疟疾控制是一项新兴战略。关于学生参与制定疟疾信息的情况知之甚少。本研究评估了小学生疟疾诗歌的信息内容。进行了定性内容分析，以探索学生创作的诗歌中传达的疟疾信息。有目的地从金马区五个区农村的二十所学校中挑选出二十首诗。使用 Atlas.ti 7.1.4 版软件分析数据。消息内容根据频率进行量化，包括隐喻，使用中心主题、类别和支持性引用来呈现。共生成了 602 项疟疾内容，并在五个中心主题下分为 21 个类别。1) 疟疾相关知识（原因和传播方式、蚊子繁殖和叮咬行为、体征和症状、驱虫蚊帐 (ITN) 的护理和预防方法），2) 对疟疾威胁的感知，3)预防方法（即，与 ITN 的适应、环境清洁、室内滞留喷雾 (IRS)、发烧治疗和药物依从性做法有关），4) 关于疟疾和吸毒的原因的误解、信念和不当行为）和5) 直接呼吁采用ITN、IRS、清洁环境、治疗和药物使用。最常传达的信息内容是关于疟疾的严重程度、可区分的体征和症状、呼吁社区参与消除疟疾、预防方法的知识以及 ITN 使用的有效性。隐喻表达（战争和死亡）被用来传达关于通过积极使用 ITN 来管理疟疾预后的严重性和必要性的信息，它本身被比喻为蚊子的“陷阱”。诗意分析表明，学生们发展和传播了丰富的疟疾信息，特别是关于疟疾知识，以及当地社区预防和控制疟疾的观念、信仰、规范和做法。因此，小学生可以成为信息来源，有效地交流知识、观念，并促进与疟疾相关的做法，尤其是在农村地区。它本身被比喻为蚊子的“陷阱”。诗意分析表明，学生们发展和传播了丰富的疟疾信息，特别是关于疟疾知识，以及当地社区预防和控制疟疾的观念、信仰、规范和做法。因此，小学生可以成为信息来源，有效地交流知识、观念，并促进与疟疾相关的做法，尤其是在农村地区。它本身被比喻为蚊子的“陷阱”。诗意分析表明，学生们发展和传播了丰富的疟疾信息，特别是关于疟疾知识，以及当地社区预防和控制疟疾的观念、信仰、规范和做法。因此，小学生可以成为信息来源，有效地交流知识、观念，并促进与疟疾相关的做法，尤其是在农村地区。