Publisher's Synopsis
Academic Paper from the year 2023 in the subject Biology - Diseases, Health, Nutrition, language: English, abstract: This paper describe the demographic profile of the students and the level of Dengue awareness and prevention among them. It also determines the significant difference in the level of dengue awareness when classified according to gender, grade level, and socioeconomic status, and the significant relationship between the level of dengue awareness and the level of dengue prevention of students. Dengue the mosquito borne disease is a growing health treat in a whole world. The lack of awareness and prevention in dengue can cause a lot of problems. This study used a descriptive normative survey and the use of simple random sampling to gain a lot of information from an individual or a group perspective. Results found that the distribution of respondents according to grade level and gender is widely from grade 6 and is mostly female. Also the students of BNSF have a moderate level of dengue awareness and prevention. Furthermore, there is no significant difference in level of awareness according to grade level, gender, or socioeconomic status. The outcome also found that the relationship between the level of dengue awareness and the nature of illness, early symptoms and cause is not significant. These findings suggest that having a program like orientation and seminar can improve the students knowledge and awareness. Fogging and the use of insect repellent are effect ways to prevent dengue disease.
