Javed Nismat, Ghazanfar Haider, Naseem Sajida
Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University Shifa International Hospital.
Internal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, PAK.
Cureus. 2018 Apr 10;10(4):e2455. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2455.
Objective To determine the knowledge of dengue among school students exposed to various awareness campaigns in model schools of Islamabad. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of students who were studying in Islamabad Model School for Girls F-7/2 and Islamabad Model College for Boys F-7/3 from September 2017 to October 2017. Students in the ninth and tenth grades who were willing to participate in the study and who were studying in the school for more than six months were included in the study. The data was collected through a self-constructed questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the internal consistency of the questionnaire, and it was found to be 0.83. The data obtained was analyzed on IBM's statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 21 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Results Out of 601 participants, 345 (57.4%) were males and 256 (42.6%) were females. The mean age of the participants was 14.72±1.09. About 380 participants (63.2%) were studying in the ninth grade and 221 participants (36.8%) were studying in the tenth grade. A majority of the participants (67.2%) had poor knowledge of dengue. The participants scored highest in knowledge of prevention of the dengue domain and scored the lowest in knowledge of transmission of dengue. A majority of the participants (72.9%) reported that they acquire knowledge about dengue fever through television and radio. About 44.60% of the participants reported that they acquired knowledge about dengue fever through awareness campaigns in school. Conclusions The knowledge of the students was found to be insufficient despite several awareness campaigns. There is a need to re-evaluate the structure of the awareness campaigns as they fail to reach their target. Electronic media was identified as the most useful source of knowledge, and its incorporation can help increase the effectiveness of awareness campaigns.
目的 确定伊斯兰堡示范学校中接触过各种宣传活动的在校学生对登革热的了解情况。方法 我们于2017年9月至2017年10月对在伊斯兰堡女子示范学校F-7/2和伊斯兰堡男子示范学院F-7/3就读的学生进行了一项横断面研究。纳入了愿意参与研究且在该校就读超过六个月的九年级和十年级学生。通过自行编制的问卷收集数据。使用克朗巴哈系数来评估问卷的内部一致性，结果发现其为0.83。所获得的数据在IBM社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）第21版（IBM，纽约州阿蒙克）上进行分析。结果 在601名参与者中，345名（57.4%）为男性，256名（42.6%）为女性。参与者的平均年龄为14.72±1.09岁。约380名参与者（63.2%）在九年级学习，221名参与者（36.8%）在十年级学习。大多数参与者（67.2%）对登革热的了解较差。参与者在登革热预防领域的知识得分最高，在登革热传播知识方面得分最低。大多数参与者（72.9%）报告称他们通过电视和广播获取有关登革热的知识。约44.60%的参与者报告称他们通过学校的宣传活动获取有关登革热的知识。结论 尽管开展了多项宣传活动，但发现学生的知识仍然不足。由于宣传活动未能达到目标，有必要重新评估其结构。电子媒体被认为是最有用的知识来源，将其纳入有助于提高宣传活动的有效性。
