Awareness about swine flu and perception regarding its prevention among medical students during current outbreak in Jhansi

Santosh Kumar Verma; Shubhanshu Gupta; Rashmi Yadav; Swati Singh

Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Awareness about swine flu and perception regarding its prevention among medical students during current outbreak in Jhansi

Santosh Kumar Verma, Shubhanshu Gupta, Rashmi Yadav, Swati Singh

Abstract :

 Background– Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus. Current swine flu outeakrefers to an outeak of the 2009 pandemic H1N1 virusin India, which is still ongoing. Objectives–To study the awareness & assess the perception about preventive measure by medical students. Material and method– A cross sectional study was carried out among the students of MLB Medical College, Jhansi during Feuary–March 2015. Out of 100 students, 97 students (males=67, females=30) were selected. Data was analyzed statistically using percentages and chi square test. SPSS was used. Results–93% of males & 77% of females were aware of swine flu. Among the preventive measures adopted; personal protective equipments like N–95 masks & handkerchief found to be most commonly used. Conclusions–Awareness among medical students towards swine flu and the preventive measures adopted was enough but some wrong misconception were present.