Tesfaye Assebe Yadeta, Ahmed Mohamed, Kerimo Behir, Addisu Alemu, Bikila Balis, Adera Debella, Shiferaw Letta
Knowledge, perceived needs of continuous professional's development, and associated factors among healthcare workers in East Ethiopia: a multi-health facility-based cross-sectional study
BMC medical education
dengue fever mosquitoborne viral disease associated four serotypes dengue virus children vulnerable infection dengue virus particularly previously infected different dengue serotype sufficient knowledge positive attitudes proper practices kap essential dengue prevention control study aims estimate dengue seropositivity study participants examine association households denguerelated knowledge attitudes practices kap childrens risk dengue seropositivity accounting socioeconomic demographic differences brazil analysis based crosssectional study fortaleza brazil november 2019 february 2020 392 households 483 participant children provided sample sufficient quality serological analysis main exposure households denguerelated knowledge attitudes practices assessed questionnaire construct composite kap score categorized three levels low moderate high main outcome dengue immunoglobulin gigg antibodies collected using dried blood spots assessed panbio dengue igg indirect elisa enzymelinked immunosorbent assays test commercial kits estimated crude dengue seroprevalence among participating children n 483 25 five percent households n 20 achieved score 75 kap sixtynine percent households n 271 scored 50 75 twentysix percent households n 101 scored lower 50 kap domain significantly positively associated others mean percentage scores three domains 74 63 39 respectively found high household kap scores associated increased adjusted relative risk arr seropositivity arr 211 95 ci 111401 p 0023 household adult respondents education level elementary school higher negatively associated childrens risk seropositive arr 065 95 ci 048087 p 0005 risk seropositivity older children 612 years old 6 times younger children 25 years old arr 608 95 ci 3471064 p0001 children living households sealed water tanks water storage lower risk seropositive arr 073 95 ci 054098 p 0035 results provide insight prevalence dengue seropositivity fortaleza brazil children certain demographic socioeconomic characteristics associated childrens risk seropositive also suggest kap may identify atrisk dengue although understanding enhancing households kap crucial effective community dengue control prevention initiatives