| Autor: |
A. A. SAHLl, Abdulaziz A. BinSaeed, O. H. Kasule, A. A. Alsheikh, O. M. Dafalla, W. S. Mohammad, N. Dahlan, E. M. Ynoureldin |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 46:235-244 |
| ISSN: |
2090-2549 |
| DOI: |
10.21608/jesp.2016.88375 |
| Popis: |
Dengue fever (DE) is commonest rapidly spreading Aedes-bome viral fever worldwide. In the last decade several confirmed dengue cases were reported in Jazan Province. The study assessed the knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of dengue fever among the secondary schools students in Ja.zan. A cross-sectional study was conducted among students of six secondary schools in Jazan. Multistage stratified random sample method was used and seven hundred forty two (742) were taken as respondents in study. The data on the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents about their knowledge, attitude and practice towards DF were collected by using a pre-structured and self-administered questionnaire. The results showed a poor DF knowledge arpong the students, regarding attitudes towards DF, prevention and control, the majority of the participants' had good attitudes and believed that DF could be controlled and prevented (93.2%), DF control was the responsibility of government and community (83.1%) and they themselves have an important role to play in DF prevention (78.5%).The most common practice to prevent mosquito breeding were found to be the disposing of water from breeding containers (85.5%) and covering of water containers (68.6%). A significant association between the practice of DE preventive and control measures and sex of the participants' was (P |
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OpenAIRE |
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