A Study On Assessing The Knowledge, Attitude & Practice Among The Victims Of Animal Bites In Trichy, Tamilnadu.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Rabies is highly prevalent in India contributing to 36%of world's rabies death. The main constraint for prevalence is poor knowledge among people regarding rabies. This highlights the need for creating awareness among public regarding Rabies. Methodology: A community based cross sectional study was carried out from June to November 2016 among 254 participants at three primary health centres at Trichy district in Tamil Nadu. All dog bite victims who are willing in the study are included. Guardian or parents are included in the place of children because children are not aware, moreover parents or guardians play a role in developing the knowledge of children.Pre-tested and semi-structured questionnaire was used for the study. The data from the questionnaires were entered and analysed in SPSS 15.0 Trial version. Results: The majority of the respondents (71%) had previously know about rabies, among them only 69% of victims are aware of its dangerousness. 55% of illiterate victims do not know about rabies. About 33% of victims have not received any first aid and 21 % of victims disagree with first aid; only 58% of victims have attended the health centres immediately after animal bite. About 7.5 % of victims have attended health centres after 2 weeks of animal bite & 29% of victims are not aware of vaccinating the animals. Only about 20% of victims having pets are not aware of vaccination of their animals. 26% of victims still believe that native medication will cure rabies. All the study participants were vaccinated during the study period in the health centre. Conclusion: The knowledge gap of rabies can be further improved by operating programmes to promote control of rabies in collaboration with different sectors of service.
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Shankar. S, Raghuram V, Krishnakumar M, Elango s
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- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.1.47-51
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