Examining the Acceptability of Helminth Education Packages “Magic Glasses Lower Mekong” and “Magic Glasses Opisthorchiasis” and Their Impact on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Schoolchildren in the Lower Mekong Basin: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Suji Y O'Connor   ¹ , MPH ;   Mary Lorraine Mationg   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Matthew J Kelly   ¹ , PhD ;   Gail M Williams   ³ , PhD ;   Archie CA Clements   ⁴ , PhD ;   Banchob Sripa   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Somphou Sayasone   ⁷ , PhD ;   Virak Khieu   ⁸ , PhD ;   Kinley Wangdi   ⁹ , PhD ;   Donald E Stewart   ^{2, 10} , PhD ;   Sirikachorn Tangkawattana   ^{6, 11} , PhD ;   Apiporn T Suwannatrai   ^{6, 12} , PhD ;   Vanthanom Savathdy   ⁷ , MSc ;   Visal Khieu   ^{8, 13, 14} , MSc ;   Peter Odermatt   ^{13, 14} , PhD ;   Catherine A Gordon   ² , PhD ;   Sangduan Wannachart   ⁶ , MSc ;   Donald P McManus   ^{2 †} , PhD, DSC ;   Darren J Gray   ² , PhD

¹ National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, Australia

² Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer Institute, Herston, Australia

³ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Australia

⁴ Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

⁵ Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

⁶ Tropical Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

⁷ Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

⁸ National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

⁹ HEAL Global Research Centre, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia

¹⁰ School of Medicine and Dentistry, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia

¹¹ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

¹² Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

¹³ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland

¹⁴ University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

†deceased