Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION INTERVENTION REGARDING THE AWARENESS OF DENGUE

Dr. Sharad Tiwari, Dr. Vivek Nagar, Dr. Jayesh K. M. Rajgopal, Dr. Daneshwar Singh, Abhishek Sahai

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">Background</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">: Dengue is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the developing world. WHO ranks dengue as the most major mosquito borne viral disease in the world?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">Methods</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This study was a prospective educational interventional study conducted from September to November 2014 in Krishna nagar area, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh done by pre-designed interviewer questionnaire. The interviewee who was willing to participate in the study was given the questionnaire proforma and was asked to fill the proforma before and after the educational intervention and the results were analyzed.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">Results</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The study involved a total of 107 families who successfully answered all the baseline and follow up questionnaire. A total of 63 % males and a total of 33% females were participated in our study and a total of 18.8 % increase in knowledge after the post intervention.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal">Conclusion:</span></b><span style="font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Mangal"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The study concludes that community mediated education on dengue disease and its consequences has improved the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">patient</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Camia Math&quot;">&rsquo;</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">s knowledge, attitude and practice( KAP ) towards disease and this in turn can lead to better</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> adoption of measurements for prevention of dengue fever.<o:p></o:p></span></p>