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Scientific reports
dengue mosquitoborne disease caused four distinct closely related dengue viruses denv global dengue incidence markedly increased past decades world health organization reported cases increased 505430 2000 52 million 2019 similarly total dengue cases malaysia increased 7103 2000 peak 130101 2019 knowledge attitude practice kap remain effective dengue prevention control tools furthermore schoolbased health education key enhancing knowledge raising awareness seriousness dengue among schoolchildren transferring knowledge practice classrooms homes thus necessary plan integrated module primary prevention dengue infection specifically among schoolchildren present study intends develop implement evaluate effectiveness theorybased integrated dengue education learning ideal module improving kap environmental cleanliness index dengue index among schoolchildren selangor kuala lumpur study singleblinded cluster randomised controlled trial conducted 1 september 2023 31 august 2025 study involve 20 primary 20 secondary schools selangor kuala lumpur 1600 participants randomly allocated intervention control groups based selected clusters avoid contamination cluster comparable school fulfils inclusion exclusion criteria intervention group receive ideal module control group receive standard education ideal module developed following systematic procedure delivered inperson trained researchers participants outcome measured using validated selfadministered questionnaires baseline t0 immediately t1 one month t2 three months t3 postintervention measure intervention module effectiveness data analysed using ibm statistical package social science spss version 28 descriptive inferential statistics withingroup changes time compared using oneway repeated measure analysis variance continuous normally distributed variables withingroup analysis categorical data use cochrans q test main effect interaction within intervention control groups t0 t1 t2 t3 tested using generalised linear mixed model glmm hypothetically kap environmental cleanliness index dengue index among intervention group significantly improved compared control group hypothesis tested using significance level pvalue 005 confidence interval 95 study protocol outlines developing testing ideal module schoolchildren selangor kuala lumpur sociodemographic differences expected intervention aims improve kap environmental cleanliness index dengue index potentially reducing dengue risk results could inform public health policies emphasizing schoolbased interventions importance combating diseases like dengue