Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat

Introduction: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in recent years. During 2019, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) reported more than 100,000 in country and more than 14,000 laboratory confirmed cases of dengue in Gujarat....

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Autores principales:	Harsh Patel, Ilesh Kotecha, Bela Patel, Jitesh P Mehta, Dipesh V. Parmar
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Publicado:	Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4cd1a838e74e4d68af1046f364ed73a42021-11-17T09:09:14ZKnowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat10.51957/Healthline_210_20212229-337X2320-1525https://doaj.org/article/4cd1a838e74e4d68af1046f364ed73a42021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.healthlinejournal.org/index_pdf/381.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2229-337Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2320-1525Introduction: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in recent years. During 2019, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) reported more than 100,000 in country and more than 14,000 laboratory confirmed cases of dengue in Gujarat. In hostels of Shree M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar cases of dengue are reported in every season but during the rainy season number of cases gets increased. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Dengue and its prevention and control measures among 1st year M.B.B.S students. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted among 192 1st year MBBS students of Shree M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar in September 2019. A pre-designed, pre-tested, semi structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information. Microsoft excel was used to analyze the data. Results: Among study participants 76% knew that dengue is spread by Aedes mosquito, 81.25% said that adult female mosquito bite responsible for dengue, 27.07% knew that clean storage water was the breeding place of dengue mosquito. Social media and newspaper were main source of information. 71.3% study participants were using mosquito coils/mats/ repellent/ liquid against mosquito. Only 25% were regularly checking for breeding site at hostel/house. Conclusion: Majority of 1st year medical graduates had a basic knowledge regarding dengue. But there is still gap in prevention knowledge and practices of personal protective measures and eliminating source of mosquitoes.Harsh PatelIlesh KotechaBela Patel Jitesh P MehtaDipesh V. ParmarIndian Association of Preventive and Social Medicinearticledenguefirst year mbbs studentsknowledgeattitudepracticesMedicineRPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENHealthline, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 95-100 (2021)
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spellingShingle	dengue first year mbbs students knowledge attitude practices Medicine R Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Harsh Patel Ilesh Kotecha Bela Patel Jitesh P Mehta Dipesh V. Parmar Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
description	Introduction: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in all regions of WHO in recent years. During 2019, the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) reported more than 100,000 in country and more than 14,000 laboratory confirmed cases of dengue in Gujarat. In hostels of Shree M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar cases of dengue are reported in every season but during the rainy season number of cases gets increased. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Dengue and its prevention and control measures among 1st year M.B.B.S students. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted among 192 1st year MBBS students of Shree M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar in September 2019. A pre-designed, pre-tested, semi structured, self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information. Microsoft excel was used to analyze the data. Results: Among study participants 76% knew that dengue is spread by Aedes mosquito, 81.25% said that adult female mosquito bite responsible for dengue, 27.07% knew that clean storage water was the breeding place of dengue mosquito. Social media and newspaper were main source of information. 71.3% study participants were using mosquito coils/mats/ repellent/ liquid against mosquito. Only 25% were regularly checking for breeding site at hostel/house. Conclusion: Majority of 1st year medical graduates had a basic knowledge regarding dengue. But there is still gap in prevention knowledge and practices of personal protective measures and eliminating source of mosquitoes.
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author	Harsh Patel Ilesh Kotecha Bela Patel Jitesh P Mehta Dipesh V. Parmar
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title	Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
title_short	Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
title_full	Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
title_fullStr	Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue in 1 year mbbs students of shree m. p. shah govt. medical college, jamnagar, gujarat
publisher	Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine
publishDate	2021
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Dengue in 1 Year MBBS Students of Shree M. P. Shah Govt. Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat

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