COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN DENGUE PREVENTION – A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY

Author Name: Jeya Beulah D

Volume/Issue: 05/05

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/11.2024-74182589/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. HOD of Community Health Nursing, SCPM College of Nursing and Para Medical Sciences, Gonda, U.P, India

ABSTRACT

Background: Dengue fever is a viral illness caused by infection with dengue virus. It is a vector borne disease and it has become major public health problem with high death rate. Objectives are to assess the knowledge and practice regarding preventive measures of dengue fever among women in selected urban community area, to find the association between knowledge level with selected socio demographic variables. Methods: Cross sectional survey was adopted for this study. Non-Probability purposive sampling was used and 60 subjects were chosen. Knowledge and practice questionnaire was utilized to collect data from the participants. Data was collected and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: This study revealed that most of the women had moderate knowledge on preventive measures of dengue fever. There is a significant association between knowledge and practice level with demographic variables like occupation, type of family etc. Conclusion: This study findings depicted that, people need proper awareness about dengue fever and its preventive measures.

Key words: Preventive measures, dengue fever, knowledge, practice.