Background of the study:Disease is considered as any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism that is found to be associated with certain signs and symptoms. One of the most prevalent infectious diseases is “Dengue Fever”. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus and is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas.Aim of the study:The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding dengue fever among High School children.Material and methods: A quantitative research approach that includes utilizing a pre-experimental one-group pre-test-post-test design was used. Non-probability convenient sampling technique was employed to select 40 High School children. Knowledge-based questionnaire was used to collect data. Analysis was done using both descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings: In the pre-test, 20% of the high school children had poor knowledge, whereas 35% had average knowledge and 45% of them had good knowledge about dengue fever. After the implementation of a structured teaching programme, 50% of high school children had average knowledge, along with the remaining 50% who had good knowledge and no one i.e. 0% had poor knowledge regarding dengue fever in the post-test. The difference in mean knowledge scores between pre-test and post-test was statistically significant at p?0.05 level of significance.Conclusion: The knowledge of high school children regarding dengue fever was improved as a result of a “structured teaching programme”. Thus, structured teaching programme was found to be an effective tool in improving the knowledge of high school children regarding dengue fever.
Knowledge, Dengue Fever, High School Children
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