Palanivel Chinnakali|Nishant Gurnani|Ravi Prakash Upadhyay|Komal Parmar|Tejas M Suri|Kapil Yadav
High level of awareness but poor practices regarding dengue fever control: A cross-sectional study from North India
Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences|All India Institute of Medical Sciences
delhi capital india suffered many outbreaks dengue recent past despite obvious magnitude problem scarce evidence exists documents knowledge awareness practices people regarding dengueto assess knowledge practices related control dengue fever assess differences knowledge practices based sex literacya crosssectional study conducted among persons visiting tertiary care hospital new delhi systematic sampling procedure adopted pretested questionnaire useda total 215 individuals interviewed majority respondents 963 heard dengue important sources information television 549 newspapermagazines 517 around 89 study participants considered dengue serious problem nearly 86 participants aware spread dengue mosquitoes 73 aware one correct breeding sites aedes mosquito mosquito matsliquidators used 61 respondents coils 56 repellant creams 22the awareness regarding dengue mosquito control measures satisfactory extent programs focus knowledge gets translated practice