Knowledge and beliefs of the city dwellers regarding dengue transmission and their relationship with prevention practices in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
Aedes
Bangladesh
Dengue
Dhaka
KAP
Mosquito
Journal
Public health in practice (Oxford, England)
ISSN: 2666-5352
Titre abrégé: Public Health Pract (Oxf)
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101774776
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
21
05
2020
revised:
15
10
2020
accepted:
16
10
2020
entrez:
14
9
2022
pubmed:
29
10
2020
medline:
29
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The objectives of the study were to explore knowledge, attitudes, and practice (KAP) of dengue fever among Dhaka city dwellers and the potential associated factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the city dwellers in Dhaka north and south city corporations using a standardized questionnaire from November to December 2019. Households were selected by purposive sampling and interviewed face to face by the trained interviewers. The association between education and occupation with the dengue practice was tested using the chi-square test statistic. Around 96% of respondents claimed that they heard about Dengue, and 80% of them correctly identified its causes. Nearly half of the people did not know the breeding season and ecology of dengue vector mosquitoes. Though the city dwellers were well-known about Dengue's burden, they were reluctant to take preventive measures to get rid of this disease. More than 70% of people mentioned that every family member regularly sleeps under a bed net. Moreover, we found a significant relationship between the education level (p<0.05), as well as the occupation of the respondents (p<0.05) with the practice to prevent and control Dengue. We did not find any information, education, and communication (IEC) activities in the city during our survey. Many people didn't know the specific preventive measures to minimize potential exposure to Dengue. This lack of knowledge is likely due to inadequate coverage with IEC activities. So, IEC intervention programs may need to start soon in highly dengue-endemic cities to reduce the burden.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36101699
doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100051
pii: S2666-5352(20)30050-1
pmc: PMC9461599
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100051Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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