Knowledge Attitude and Practices about dengue among adults slum population of Chennai, India
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 0
Abstract
Back ground: Dengue is one of the major public health problems and contributes to annual outbreak in India. Rapid urbanization, neglected slum area and environmental changes results in vector breeding, since dengue doesn’t have specific treatment and vaccination, people’s attitude and knowledge towards disease plays a vital role in preventing and controlling dengue. Aims: To study the knowledge, attitude and practices towards dengue among adult slum population of Chennai. Methods: A community based cross sectional study was conducted among adult slum population in Vadapalani, Chennai. Institutional Ethical clearance was obtained and 100 houses in the slum were selected by systematic random sampling method, one adult member in each house was interviewed using semi-structured schedule. The results were shown in frequencies and percentage. Results: Among the study population, 83% of population was aware that dengue can be prevented, 55% of population had knowledge that dengue spreading mosquito breeds in clean water, 95% of the participants said dengue can only be treated by hospitalization and 85% of them believe that nilavembu kudineer helps in reducing severity of dengue. About 89% of respondent were using some form of preventive measure against mosquito. Only 2% of population was aware that the dengue spreading mosquitoes were day time biters. Conclusion: Even though majority of respondent were aware of dengue fever almost all of them were not aware that dengue mosquito is a day time biter and resulting in untimely use of anti mosquito measures. The finding from this study can be used as an input for government and policy makers to frame appropriate strategies to prevent future outbreaks
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Nilofur Banu, Kalaivani A, Muthukumar T, Karnaboopathy R
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- DOI 10.26727/NJRCM.2018.7.3
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