Open AccessKNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ABOUT JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION FOR ITS PREVENTION IN SIVASAGAR, ASSAM - A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
Author(s) -
Pubali Bhuyan Daisy Konwar,
Tousifur Rahman,
Rimen Bordoloi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of advanced zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0253-7214
DOI - 10.17762/jaz.v42i01.7
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , disease , environmental health , transmission (telecommunications) , questionnaire , medicine , epidemiology , family medicine , demography , pathology , engineering , social science , electrical engineering , sociology
The study was undertaken to understand the current JE scenario of Sivasagar, develop awareness and the importance of community participation. A questionnaire based cross-sectional survey was carried out by visiting Japanese encephalitis Patients from 2015 to 2019 to study epidemiology, sociodemographic status and the knowledge of people about the disease . Chi-square test was performed to evaluate the association among variables with significance level of 95%.Total 256 participants were interacted. 62% have lack of knowledge on vectors, 73% are unaware about proper symptoms and 69% have partial information on transmission cycle. The epidemic season for JE is from April to August of every year. The majority of infections occur in rural areas 77%. All ages are at risk. 64% of the respondents showed positive attitude towards community participation. The association between knowledge – Attitude is statistically significant (P-value .00001).Vaccination, control of vectors, and personal protection are the preventive measures. Identification of geographic locations of occurrence of disease, then a conversation with the patient and family members regarding clinical symptoms, their sociodemographic status, and knowledge regarding JE is important for the control of the disease.