Awareness and Prevention of Japanese Encephalitis among the people of Eastern U.P.
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
The problem of Japanese encephalitis (JE) is very wide spread in India and especially in the eastern U.P. The prevention of spreading Japanese encephalitis is the most necessary and challenging task. Awareness and prevention about JE can be one of important factors in controlling this vital disease. This study was planned to investigate the level of awareness and prevention among the people of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The sample of 240 respondents (adult N=120 & Adolescents N=120). They were equally selected from Rural and Urban areas. An open ended semi-structured interview exploring the awareness and prevention of participants was carried out. The result showed that responded of both groups had low level of awareness about causes, symptoms and effort to prevent Japanese Encephalitis. On some aspects of awareness, adolescents and rural participants showed more knowledge and awareness in comparison to Adults and Urban participants but it was not very noticeable difference. Keywords: Japanese Encephalitis, rural and urban society, awareness, prevention
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P. S. N. Tiwari, Shagufta Afroz
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