PMID- 27681552
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170405
LR  - 20170405
IS  - 0972-9062 (Print)
IS  - 0972-9062 (Linking)
VI  - 53
IP  - 3
DP  - 2016 Jul-Sep
TI  - Knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practices (KABP) of the community and 
      resultant IEC leading to behaviour change about dengue in Jodhpur City, 
      Rajasthan.
PG  - 279-82
AB  - BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: In recent years dengue has been witnessed as an emerging 
      public health problem. Therefore, the present study was undertaken in order to 
      assess the knowledge, attitude, behaviour and practices (KABP) adopted by the 
      society for its control and prevention. The changes in behaviour of community 
      after imparting health education were also recorded to determine the 
      effectiveness of information, education and communication (IEC) for dengue 
      prevention and control in Jodhpur City of Rajasthan, India. METHODS: A threefold 
      study was conducted in Jodhpur City regarding KABP about dengue fever amongst the 
      community. Out of 106 cases of dengue reported from Jodhpur City in the year 
      2008, only 20 households (HHs) could be located. Therefore, nine HHs around one 
      dengue positive household were selected so as to cover the sample size of 200 HHs 
      for eliciting information through structured recorded interview-schedule. Health 
      education as provided through audiovisuals and group discussion etc. and 
      resultant change in KABP was recorded again through interview of respondents from 
      100 households. RESULTS: Prevention from dengue mosquito bites through mats and 
      liquid vaporizer was known to 32 and 22% HHs respectively. Inhabitants of 87% HHs 
      preferred to visit private health facility, 85% of HHs were not aware about the 
      symptoms of dengue, while74% HHs stated that dengue mosquito breeds in dirty 
      water. Awareness about source of mosquito breeding and source reduction was found 
      to be very poor, i.e. 3 and 13% which improved to 78 and 88% respectively after 
      undertaking IEC activities. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION: Being urban area, the 
      economic condition and education level were somewhat similar and satisfactory in 
      Jodhpur City. IEC resulted in significant improvement in knowledge about 
      transmission, breeding habitats of mosquito transmitting dengue, source reduction 
      and health treatment seeking behaviour at government facility. Through such mass 
      awareness programmes in the communities, desired results in prevention and 
      control of dengue transmission can be achieved.
CN  - Nivedita
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Vector Borne Dis
JT  - Journal of vector borne diseases
JID - 101212761
SB  - IM
MH  - Behavior Therapy
MH  - Communicable Disease Control/methods
MH  - Dengue/*epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Health Education
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Interviews as Topic
EDAT- 2016/09/30 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/06 06:00
CRDT- 2016/09/30 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - JVectorBorneDis_2016_53_3_279_191347 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Vector Borne Dis. 2016 Jul-Sep;53(3):279-82.