Descriptive study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue fever and its vector control in Aligarh

Monish M. S.; Saira Mehnaz; Ali Jafar Abedi; Mohammad Athar Ansari; Mohammad Yasir Zubair

doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20242870

Authors

Monish M. S. Department of Community Medicine, PSP Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India
Saira Mehnaz Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ali Jafar Abedi Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mohammad Athar Ansari Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Mohammad Yasir Zubair Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20242870

Keywords:

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Aligarh

Abstract

Background: In the past decade, there was a substantial increase in dengue burden on health services and economy of the nation. UP is endemic to dengue fever (DF) with cases being reported throughout the year.

Methods: Between February 2022 and May 2022, an epidemiological survey was conducted in 192 households (HHs) randomly selected from all field practice areas affiliated with urban health training centre (UHTC) and rural health training centre (RHTC) of the department of community medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Aligarh. Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) were assessed by means of a pre-tested and structured questionnaire.

Results: As per Bloom’s cut-off criteria, it was identified that about 85.9% of the participants had poor level of knowledge, 83.3% had neutral attitude and 50.5% had poor level of practice regarding DF and its vector control.

Conclusions: There was a lack of in-depth knowledge regarding DF and its vector control along with poor preventive practices against DF in the study participants. This observation revealed that health education intervention is necessary to enhance KAP regarding dengue prevention and vector control in Aligarh community.

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