?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+Educational+Interventional+Study+to+Assess+Awareness+about+Mosquito+Breeding%2C+Diseases+Caused+and+Protective+Measures+Against+them+among+Families+Residing+in+an+Urban+Slum+of+Indore+City&rft.creator=Raghunath%2C+D&rft.creator=Bhagwat%2C+AK&rft.creator=Dixit%2C+S&rft.creator=Guleri%2C+SK&rft.creator=Panwar%2C+C&rft.creator=Patidar%2C+C&rft.creator=Hindal%2C+D&rft.creator=Tiwari%2C+K&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Community+participation+plays+an+important+role+in+control+of+Mosquito+borne+diseases.+This+study+tries+to+assess+impact+of+educational+intervention+on+various+aspects+of+mosquito+borne+diseases+in+an+urban+slum.+Methodology%3A+An+educational+interventional+study+was+done+in+200+families+residing+in+a+slum+(Badi+Gwaltoli)+which+is+in+field+practice+area+of+Urban+Health+Centre+attached+to+Department+of+Community+Medicine+of+M.G.M.Medical+College%2C+Indore.+A+pretested+semi-structured+questionnaire+was+administered+to+the+Head+of+the+family+which+studied+their+awareness+and+perception+regarding+breeding+sites+and+biting+habits+of+mosquitoes%2C+diseases+spread+by+them+and+personal+protective+measures+used%2C+followed+by+an+educational+intervention+and+post+assessment.+Data+was+entered+into+Microsoft+excel+spread+sheet+and+analysed+using+SPSS+version+20+software.+Results%3A+46%25+of+study+population+knew+the+correct+breeding+season+of+mosquitoes+(monsoon+season)+during+pre-intervention+and+68%25+of+the+population+post-+intervention+(p-+value+0.004).+When+asked+at+what+time+mosquitoes+bite+the+most%2C+maximum+number+(92%25)+of+people+said+that+mosquitoes+bite+most+in+the+evening+and+night%2C+while+only+6%25+and+2%25+were+for+morning+and+noon%2C+respectively.+Only+3.5%25+of+the+population+who+knew+about+breeding+sites+knew+about+artificial+collections+of+water.+Majority+said+mosquito+breed+in+dirty+stagnant+water+(78.5%25).+About+96%25of+the+study+population+was+aware+that+mosquitoes+spread+diseases.+However%2C+only+33.3%25of+respondents+knew+correctly+about+the+diseases+spread+which+improved+to+68%25+in+the+post-intervention+period+(p-value%3D.000).+46%25+knew+all+the+protection+measures+against+mosquitoes+in+the+pre-intervention+which+increased+to+86%25+in+the+post+intervention+(p.value-.005).+Conclusion%3A+Awareness+about+Aedes+mosquitoes+and+its+habits+is+quite+poor+and+many+people+still+believe+that+only+dirty+water+serves+as+a+breeding+place+in+mosquitoes.+Regular+IEC+sessions+informing+community+about+mosquito-borne+diseases+will+improve+community+participation.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9156%2F1%2F2013-2-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Raghunath%2C+D+and+Bhagwat%2C+AK+and+Dixit%2C+S+and+Guleri%2C+SK+and+Panwar%2C+C+and+Patidar%2C+C+and+Hindal%2C+D+and+Tiwari%2C+K++(2013)+An+Educational+Interventional+Study+to+Assess+Awareness+about+Mosquito+Breeding%2C+Diseases+Caused+and+Protective+Measures+Against+them+among+Families+Residing+in+an+Urban+Slum+of+Indore+City.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9156%2F