KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES RELATED TO DENGUE FEVER IN PESHAWAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN
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Keywords

Dengue Fever
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Rafay Jamal, M. ., Suleman, M., Umar, M. ., Ahmad, J., Shabir, A., Khan, S., Mobeen Khan, Ullah, Z. ., Waqar, M. ., Khan, D., & Khalil, K. U. R. (2023). KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES RELATED TO DENGUE FEVER IN PESHAWAR, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN . PAKISTAN MEDICAL STUDENTS RESEARCH JOURNAL, 1(1), 19–22. Retrieved from http://pmsrj.com/index.php/pmsrj/article/view/14

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices about Dengue fever in selected communities of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Materials and Methods: We conducted this descriptive cross-sectional study in selected Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa communities. The data was collected with the help of a well-structured questionnaire and was analyzed using SPSS version 23.

Results: Forty percent of our participants had good knowledge, 39%, had average knowledge and 21% had poor knowledge. Attitude scores were good for 75%, average for 18.3%, and poor for only 6.6% of the participants. 15.8% of the participants had poor, 50% had average, and 34.2% had good practices.

Conclusion: It was concluded that people with higher levels of education and previous involvement in Dengue awareness campaigns had better scores in knowledge and practice. Level of education had a significant association with knowledge and practice scores.

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