Aung Soe Htet, Phuanukoonnon Suparat, Mon Kyaw Aye Mon, Lawpoolsri Saranath, Sriwichai Patchara, Soonthornworasiri Ngamphol, Jittamala Podjanee
Department of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Department of Social and Environmental Science, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.
Heliyon. 2023 May 27;9(6):e16759. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16759. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Dengue is one of the health problems in Myanmar. Thus, health promotion in schools is considered a key approach for reducing risk-taking behaviours related to dengue.
The study aimed to evaluate a dengue training programme for high school students to measure changes in knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards dengue; evaluate the effectiveness of the programme in improving prevention and control practices among families and determining changes in larval indices in their dwelling places.
The dengue school training programme was conducted for Grades 9 and 10 students in Yangon. In total, 300 students in the intervention school received training and were compared with 300 students as control. KAP was assessed using a self-administered questionnaire, whereas larval and control practice surveys were conducted at the homes of both groups 3 months before and after the programme.
The KAP scores of the intervention group increased after the programme. Moreover, the programme improved prevention and control practices and decreased the larval indices in the intervention group. Students from the same group with high scores in knowledge and self-reported practices were less likely to exhibit larval positivity in their residential areas.
This study demonstrated the impact of the dengue training programme on the KAP of students and short-term family larval control practices, which influenced household larval indices.
登革热是缅甸的健康问题之一。因此，学校的健康促进被视为减少与登革热相关的冒险行为的关键方法。
本研究旨在评估一项针对高中生的登革热培训计划，以衡量学生对登革热的知识、态度和行为（KAP）的变化；评估该计划在改善家庭预防和控制措施以及确定其居住场所幼虫指数变化方面的有效性。
在仰光为九年级和十年级学生开展登革热学校培训计划。干预学校共有300名学生接受培训，并与300名作为对照的学生进行比较。使用自填问卷评估KAP，而在该计划前后3个月在两组学生家中进行幼虫和对照措施调查。
干预组的KAP得分在计划实施后有所提高。此外，该计划改善了预防和控制措施，并降低了干预组的幼虫指数。在知识和自我报告行为方面得分高的同一组学生在其居住地区出现幼虫阳性的可能性较小。
本研究证明了登革热培训计划对学生KAP以及短期家庭幼虫控制措施的影响，这影响了家庭幼虫指数。
