Nitu Nigam, Narendra Kumar Tiwary, Monica Agrawal, Sudhir Kumar Verma, Medhavi Gautam, Satish Kumar , Sunil Kumar Verma, Harish Gupta
BACKGROUND Knowledge regarding fever and mosquito-borne illnesses, and their mode of transmission, and methods of prevention, are important for the wellbeing of an individual, and disease-prevention in the community. We wanted to study the knowledge, awareness, and attitude, with regard to fever and mosquito-borne illnesses among secondary and senior secondary school students in a rural area of Kannauj district. METHODS This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted among students of class 6 to 12 of a rural school in a backward district- Kannauj. All the students present on the day of survey in the school were included in the survey. RESULTS Of the 165 students included in the study, 153 (93%) knew usual timing of mosquito bite; 114 (69%) knew ways of protection from mosquito-bite, 53 (32%) had heard about bird flu, and 58 (35%) had heard about swine flu. Among 165 students, 99 (66%) had electricity in their homes. These students belong to the lower stratum of society. CONCLUSIONS Knowledge regarding fever and mosquito-borne illnesses can be enhanced among secondary and senior secondary school students through awareness programs and community participation campaigns.
