IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Prof. Pournima Naik, Prof. Arundhati Gurav, Mr. Bhushan A. Thombare

INTRODUCTION: Dengue is a mosquito–borne viral infection causing a severe flu–like illness and, sometimes causing a potentially lethal

complication called severe dengue. The incidence of dengue has increased 30–fold over the last 50 years. Up to 50–100 million infections are now

estimated to occur annually in over 100 endemic countries, putting almost half of the world‘s population at risk. According to National Vector born

disease control programme there were estimated 203 cases of suspected Dengue fever in Nasik district and 88 were found to be positive. The

objective of the study were assess to the effectiveness of structured teaching program on prevention of Dengue fever among adult residing in

vasantdatda nagar adgaon Nasik.

Materials and Methods: Quasi experimental one group pre and post test design was used.The sample of the study was n=30 adults residing in a

Vasantdada Nagar Adgaon Community selected by using convenient sampling technique. The pre–test was introduce to assess the knowledge of

sample in view with pretest result structured Teaching Program(STP) was formulated and introduce to samples after that the post–test was

conducted and result were evaluated through structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed using ‘t‘test and chi square.

Results: The average pretest knowledge score among adult found to 6.7 after structured teaching program the mean post test knowledge score was

15.77.Thus the difference in the level of knowledge confirmed by obtained t–test value 5.80.This was statistically significant (P<0.001).

Conclusion: The structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge of adult on prevention of dengue fever and help community

people to prevent the occurrence of dengue fever.