A SURVEY ON AWARENESS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DENGUE FEVER AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS

AIM: This study aims to evaluate the Dengue fever Awareness and Prevention among students in JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, Tamilnadu, India. METHODS: Total sample size of 100 students was taken. A questionnaire survey was adopted in this paper. A structure questionnaire was setup to predict the knowledge of Dengue fever and use of preventive measure Chi-square test and logistic regression were used for calculating and identifying the difference in knowledge of Dengue fever and the use of preventive measures between risk groups. RESULTS: Among 100 students, 51% were males & 49% were females. They are classified into different categories. Depending upon age they are grouped between 15-19 years (36%), 20-25 years (58%), above 25 years (6%). Depending upon education attainments they are grouped as Masters, B. Pharm, D. Pharm, Pharm. D (each 25%). And also depends on rural area (57%) and urban area (43%).