Open AccessAwareness regarding dengue fever among the link workers of urban health centres of Bengaluru City-South India
Author(s) -
Giriyanna Gowda,
K. Sridevi,
M. D. Madhusudan,
Rajendra Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60853-2
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , health education , environmental health , dengue virus , significant difference , public health , demography , nursing , immunology , sociology
Objective: To assess awareness of link workers regarding dengue fever and its prevention and the\udeffect of health education about dengue and its prevention.\udMethods: Prospective interventional study was conducted in selected urban health centers of\udBengaluru. About 106 link workers selected by systematic random sampling were interviewed by\udtrained investigators. Health education was given to all of them and awareness was reassessed after\uda gap of one month.\udResults: Mean age of link workers was (36.95 ± 5.88) years. A total of 49.06% of link workers\udwere aware that dengue is caused by virus, 74.53% were aware of complications of dengue,\ud87.74 % were aware that dengue is spread by Aedes mosquito. After health education the above\udobservations increased to 81.4%, 87.63%, and 90.72% respectively. Difference between mean preand post-test score was statistically significant (P < 0.05).\udConclusions: Awareness regarding dengue fever and its prevention was poor among link workers,\udwhich improved significantly after health education