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The results revealed that majority of the respondents were 26 to 45 years old, college students, with monthly income of Php 5,000 to Php 10,000 and have two children below 12 years old. In terms of search and destroy, and self-protection measures, the mothers had strong implementation on covering water containers with tight lid and storing properly or discarding non-essential containers like bottles, cans, jars and tires. There was moderate implementation on changing flowers from water vases and cleaning drains and the vicinity from garbage. Mothers had poor implementation measures on the use of mosquito repellants, mosquito nets at daytime and the use of household insecticide aerosol, insecticide vaporizers, or mosquito coils. Most of them …show more content…

al.,32 determined the level of awareness on preventive measures for dengue fever among the residents of Barangay Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City. The study described the profile of the respondents in terms of informational sources and highest educational attainment and assessed the level of awareness of the respondents on the preventive measures on dengue fever. A modified questionnaire was used and data were analyzed and presented through the frequency counts, weighted mean and ranking. The purposive sampling method was used to identify the respondents of the study. The respondents have more knowledge about using mosquito nets as their way of preventing dengue. Half of the respondents have attained the secondary level of education and the lowest percentage of educational attainment has primary level of education. The respondents were most aware on the use of mosquito nets through …show more content…

al.35 A Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) Survey was used to gather information from each of the households to be used against larval count. The study was conducted in Batasan Hills, an area with one of the highest incidence of dengue cases in Quezon City, during the period of June 17, 2009 to September 11, 2009. A systematic sampling method was used to identify the sample population. A total of 60 households from the urban areas in Batasan Hills were included in the interventions. Main outcome measures include the LDI and larval count, which were measured weekly throughout the study. Findings have shown that there was a significant decrease in LDI showing the effectiveness of the implemented intervention. This study proved that a three-month environmental manipulation intervention coupled with an aggressive one-on-one educational campaign is an effective strategy to significantly reduce vector population. The simple, hands-on environmental modification intervention and clean up proved to engender better habits within the population. As for the KAP survey, this also proved to be effective because it was successful in identifying the areas needed to be emphasized regarding the community’s knowledge, attitudes and practices related to dengue, effectively giving focus to the

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