Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Oct;27(30):37540-37548. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-07799-0. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
Dengue fever (DF) is one of the world's most important vector-borne illnesses. In 2017, Egypt experienced a dengue outbreak. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of nursing students regarding DF and the effectiveness of an education intervention to improve students' knowledge and attitude. An intervention study was conducted among 4th year nursing students of Tanta Faculty of Nursing using a self-administered predesigned validated questionnaire before and after introducing an educational session. The main DF information sources were formal teaching, social networks, television, and physicians. Less than half of the students (45.5%) had "good" knowledge grade after the intervention compared with only 7.2% in the pre-test. The students' knowledge and attitude improved after the application of the intervention session. The positive impact of the educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding DF and its prevention among the target group revealed the importance of the inclusion of teaching materials about DF into the students' curricula.
登革热（DF）是世界上最重要的虫媒病之一。2017 年，埃及爆发了登革热疫情。本研究旨在评估护理专业学生对 DF 的知识和态度，以及教育干预对提高学生知识和态度的效果。采用自我管理的预先设计的验证问卷，在坦塔护理学院 4 年级护理学生中进行了一项干预研究，在引入教育课程前后进行。主要的 DF 信息来源是正规教学、社交网络、电视和医生。与预测试中只有 7.2%的学生相比，干预后只有不到一半的学生（45.5%）获得了“良好”的知识等级。在应用干预课程后，学生的知识和态度得到了提高。教育干预对目标群体对 DF 及其预防的知识和态度产生了积极影响，这表明将 DF 教学材料纳入学生课程的重要性。
