Open AccessA Preliminary Survey on the Level of Awareness of Dengue Control Programmes among Residences in Kuala Terengganu
Author(s) -
Han Shiou Feng,
Nur Aida Hashim,
Nur Adila Kamaruddin,
Nur Syahida Wadhihah Kamarudin,
Norasmah Basari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
universiti malaysia terengganu journal of undergraduate research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-1138
DOI - 10.46754/umtjur.v2i1.105
Subject(s) - dengue fever , government (linguistics) , questionnaire , dengue virus , environmental health , significant difference , medicine , geography , socioeconomics , virology , sociology , social science , philosophy , linguistics
Dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever are diseases caused by dengue virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue fever has caused a high rate of mortalities among Malaysians every year. Even though many campaigns had been conducted by the government to reduce dengue cases, the number of infected people in this country is still high. We conducted this survey to determine the status of dengue fever awareness among residents in Kuala Terengganu. For data collection, face-to-face interviews were conducted, and a questionnaire was administered. There were three categories of respondents, namely urban area residents, rural area residents and university students. Results showed that respondents across the three groups were knowledgeable regarding dengue fever issues and there was no significant difference between the three categories of respondents in the number of residents who had been involved in dengue awareness programmes. However, most of the respondents regarded the dengue awareness programmes as moderately effective and could be overcome if prevention efforts and approaches were being carried out on a continuous basis.