Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

Knowledge awareness and practices regarding dengue, prevention and management among rural community in western Maharashtra

Yamuna Cb, S Arya Asokan, Jyoti

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Background Dengue fever transmitted by Aedes Aegypti is an arboviral disease endemic in the Asian subcontinent. It has emerged as a notable public health problem in recent decades. Rapid urbanization environmental changes and neglected areas results in vector eeding causes rise in dengue outeaks Aims & Objectives To study the knowledge awareness and practices regarding dengue among rural and slum communities in Pune city Method & Materials This community based cross sectional study was conducted in Wadki village; sample area was the rural slums of the city. 210 respondents from village. The aim was to assess the knowledge and awareness, preventive measures and most prevalent source of information regarding dengue. Simple random sampling method was used for sampling and questionnaire was administrated by interview method. Results Results showed that knowledge and awareness about dengue fever was generally inadequate. Only 72.62% of the respondents didn’t even answer that mosquito was responsible for the transmission of dengue. Majority also had no sufficient knowledge that dengue mosquito bites at day time and eeds in clean water. 70–87% people don’t know the dengue symptoms and preventive method were coils, liquid vaporizers.

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KNOWLEDGE AWARENESS AND PRACTICES REGARDING DENGUE, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT AMONG RURAL COMMUNITY IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA, Yamuna CB, S Arya Asokan, Jyoti INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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