PMID- 19245156
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090406
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0019-5138 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5138 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Sep
TI  - Impact of health education intervention on knowledge and community action for 
      malaria control in Delhi.
PG  - 183-92
AB  - Malaria affects millions of people in India despite decades of efforts to control 
      it. It has acquired greater importance in last two decades due to emergence of 
      vector resistance, poor quality of care and low utilization of services. The 
      study was conducted to improve the management of malaria by IEC and training 
      activities in slum areas of Delhi. The baseline and post intervention data on 
      knowledge, attitude, behavior and practices (KABP) regarding malaria was 
      collected from 601 and 593 subjects respectively from two zones of Municipal 
      Corporation of Delhi (MCD). At the same time, knowledge and skills regarding 
      management of malaria were assessed among 15 health workers working in these two 
      zones of MCD. An intervention package in the form of health education material 
      for the community and training modules for the workers were designed and 
      implemented. Post intervention data were collected. The knowledge about cause of 
      malaria, season of malaria and breeding places of mosquito increased among 
      community members after the intervention, which was found to be statistically 
      significant. Similarly, more people were aware about the methods of prevention of 
      mosquito breeding after the intervention. Methods like mosquito coil (post-64.92% 
      vs pre-55.41%) and bet nets (post-24.96% vs pre-14.47%) were used by more people 
      in post intervention phase. The Interval between onset of symptoms and seeking 
      treatment decreased after the intervention from 1.66 days to 1.37 days. Among the 
      workers, knowledge and skills regarding malaria management improved after the 
      intervention. More blood slides were made, side effects of the treatment were 
      explained to the patients and better compliance to treatment was observed in post 
      intervention phase. IEC activities using attractive pamphlets to the community 
      and on-job training of workers improves management of malaria and should be used 
      more frequently more so in the slum areas for the success of the National 
      Anti-Malaria Program.
FAU - Kishore, J
AU  - Kishore J
AD  - Deptt. of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi-110 002. 
      drjugalkishore@gmail.com
FAU - Gupta, V K
AU  - Gupta VK
FAU - Singh, S V
AU  - Singh SV
FAU - Garg, S
AU  - Garg S
FAU - Kaur, Ravneet
AU  - Kaur R
FAU - Ingle, G K
AU  - Ingle GK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Commun Dis
JT  - The Journal of communicable diseases
JID - 0261652
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - Community Health Workers/education
MH  - Community Participation/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Education/*methods
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Malaria/epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pamphlets
MH  - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
MH  - Poverty Areas
EDAT- 2009/02/28 09:00
MHDA- 2009/04/07 09:00
CRDT- 2009/02/28 09:00
PHST- 2009/02/28 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/04/07 09:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Commun Dis. 2008 Sep;40(3):183-92.