Evaluation of Indoor Vector Surveillance Regarding Dengue in Shahdara, Lahore
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 8
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Abstract: The objectives of the study are to find out the evaluation of dengue indoor vector surveillance done by the teams of Shahdara, Lahore and awareness of health hazards of dengue fever. It was a cross sectional descriptive study. The study was done in UC 3 & 4 of Shahdara, Lahore. There were total of 100 households selected through simple random sampling. The interviewers were assessed using pre designed questionnaire containing questions about dengue team performance and awareness of the household members regarding dengue. Our study suggested a good level of performance of dengue team (83%) as answered by the people. Regarding awareness in general public revealed only little adequate knowledge (8%) but awareness of protective measures was high (71%).Awareness about mosquito as a vector was 73% in our study. Awareness level regarding use of any measure of protection was high (71%) in our study. The respondents were asked about their knowledge about Dengue. Many of them stated that they got knowledge from electronic and print media. The teams were lacking in knowledge and training. These members were not having identity cards or proper uniform. In fact there is acute shortage of the workers in the field. The indoor teams spend less time inside the house and they seem to be in a hurry. Proper checking of all the breeding places will certainly insure the increase in efficacy of the surveillance. Keywords: Dengue, Surveillance, Evaluation, population
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Yasmeen Ghafoor
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