Primary Prevention of Stroke in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Nigeria: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Implementation Study in a Community Hospital

Halima Bello-Manga   ¹ , MBBS, MPH ;   Lawal Haliru   ² , MBBS ;   Kudrat Abdulkareem Ahmed   ² , MBBS ;   Abdulkadir Musa Tabari   ³ , MBBS, MD ;   Bilkisu Usman Farouk   ³ , MBBS ;   Gloria Yimi Bahago   ⁴ , RN, BScN ;   Aisha Shuaibu Kazaure   ⁵ , BPharm ;   Abdulrasheed Sani Muhammad   ⁶ , BSc ;   Samira Abubakar Gwarzo   ⁶ , BSc, MPH ;   Ana A Baumann   ⁷ , PhD ;   Michael R DeBaun   ⁸ , MPH, MD ;   Allison A King   ⁹ , MPH, MD, PhD

¹ Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria

² Department of Pediatrics, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria

³ Department of Radiology, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital/Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria

⁴ Department of Nursing Services, Haematology Unit, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria

⁵ Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Barau Dikko Teaching Hopsital, Kaduna, Nigeria

⁶ Research Office, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria

⁷ Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States

⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States

⁹ Program in Occupational Therapy, Department of Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, and Education, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States