Open AccessMalaria and dengue: Knowledge, attitude, practice, and effect of sensitization workshop among school teachers as health educators
Author(s) -
Vikas Kumar,
Akanksha Rathi,
Panna Lal,
S. K. Goel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_184_18
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , malaria , health education , intervention (counseling) , environmental health , family medicine , public health , nursing , immunology
Outbreaks of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as dengue and malaria can overwhelm health systems in resource-poor countries. Teachers can act as excellent educators by playing a key role of delivering important health education messages to school children and targeting an important health determinant - the health behavior. This study was done to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of school teachers regarding VBDs and the effect of a sensitization workshop on the same.