EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND POSITIVE SEROLOGY FOR DENGUE. A KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES STUDY IN HUÁNUCO, PERU

Dulio Walter Morales-Villanueva; Franklin Sullca-Ccopa; Luis Gonzales- Huerta; Bernardo Dámaso-Mata; Vicky Panduro-Correa; Jorge L. Maguiña; Samuel Pecho-Silva; Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales; Walter Gomez-Gonzales; Kovy Arteaga-Livias

doi:10.5216/rpt.v51i1.70543

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND POSITIVE SEROLOGY FOR DENGUE. A KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES STUDY IN HUÁNUCO, PERU

Dulio Walter Morales-Villanueva, Franklin Sullca-Ccopa, Luis Gonzales- Huerta, Bernardo Dámaso-Mata, Vicky Panduro-Correa, Jorge L. Maguiña, Samuel Pecho-Silva, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Walter Gomez-Gonzales, Kovy Arteaga-Livias

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Abstract

Dengue is a worldwide spread arboviral disease. Huánuco region is an endemic area for dengue. Understanding the influence of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) in dengue endemic areas can provide important insight for improving public health policies. The purpose of this study was to understand the KAP about dengue in the marginal urban city of Tingo Maria, district of Rupa-Rupa, a rain forest area in Huánuco region and its association with positive serology for dengue. An analytical, retrospective, cross-sectional study was carried out in which a randomized sample of 112 people were evaluated using a semi structured questionnaire and tested for IgG against dengue virus. Most participants recruited were from marginal urban settlements. The median age was 38 years and 64% were female. A bivariate analysis showed an association between educational level and serological positivity. Over 95% of participants with only primary school education had a positive serological test for dengue. No statistical significances were found between attitudes towards dengue control initiatives (p=0.221), preventive practices against dengue (p=0.773), and the level of knowledge about dengue (p=0.073). Although attitudes, preventive practices and level of knowledge were not related to positive serology in dengue cases, educational level showed an association with serological positivity for dengue.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-10
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Tropical Pathology
Volume	51
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v51i1.70543
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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The project was funded by the Research Directorate of the Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán. Resolution Nº0171-2019-UNHEVAL-VRI.

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© 2022 Brazilian Society of Parasitology. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Dengue
Peru
attitude
education
knowledge
practice

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Morales-Villanueva, D. W., Sullca-Ccopa, F., Gonzales- Huerta, L., Dámaso-Mata, B., Panduro-Correa, V., Maguiña, J. L., Pecho-Silva, S., Rodriguez-Morales, A. J., Gomez-Gonzales, W., & Arteaga-Livias, K. (2022). EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND POSITIVE SEROLOGY FOR DENGUE. A KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES STUDY IN HUÁNUCO, PERU. Journal of Tropical Pathology, 51(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v51i1.70543

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