Effect of Educational Interventions on Awareness of Dengue Fever and Its Preventive Measures among High School Students: Educational Interventions On Awareness of Dengue Fever

Fakhra Aslam; Razia Bibi; Irshad Lal Din; Sajida Anwar; Dua Yousuf Mehboob; Umema Habib; Aliya Fatima

doi:10.54393/nrs.v4i03.114

Authors

Fakhra Aslam Department of Nursing, Sahiwal College of Nursing, Sahiwal, Pakistan
Razia Bibi Department of Nursing, Sahiwal College of Nursing, Sahiwal, Pakistan
Irshad Lal Din Department of Nursing, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, Pakistan
Sajida Anwar Department of Nursing, Gujranwala Teaching Hospital, Gujranwala, Pakistan
Dua Yousuf Mehboob Department of Emergency, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Umema Habib Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, Pakistan
Aliya Fatima Department of Public Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/nrs.v4i03.114

Keywords:

Dengue Fever, Awareness, Preventive Measures, High School Students, Educational Intervention

Abstract

Dengue fever was a communicable disease transmitted through a vector borne means. Dengue fever was also known as break bone fever and clinical manifestation in the form of headache, nausea, vomiting, and fever, joint and muscular pain occurred more frequently in patients. Objective: To improve the awareness on dengue fever and its preventive measures among high school student. Methods: A quasi- experimental (pre-test, post-test) study design was used. The duration of the study was six months, and a convenient sampling technique was used to collect data from high school students. The sample size of the current study was 36 and data were collected through adopted questionnaire. Results: 58.3% of study participants belong to 9^thclass while remaining were from 10^th (41.7 %.). As per age brackets, 38.8% students were belong to 15years of age, the 16 years age students were 33% while only 5% comes under the age of 18 years. The pre intervention mean awareness score was 7.13±1.41 while the post test enhancement in awareness score was 13.69 ±3.02. There was a statistically significant difference between pre and post intervention awareness score after the health education session. Conclusions: The findings of present study suggested that awareness of students was enhanced after educational interventions. Their awareness had been improved about the causative agent, sign/symptoms, mode of transmission, mechanism of infection etc. after educational session. Moreover, the participant’s awareness improved about preventive measures of dengue control likely environmental control (spraying and fogging) and personal protection after educational program. Educational programs help to change the attitude and behavior of the participants towards control measures.

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