Ranjana
ABSTRACT
Malariaisoneofthemajorpublichealthproblemsindevelopingcountries.Recentestimateindicatethat300to500millionclinicalcasesand1.5to2.7milliondeaths occurduetoit.Malariaisalifethreatingdiseasecausedbyparasiteofplasmodiumnamelyplasmodiumfalciparum,plasmodiumvivax,andplasmodiummalariaand plasmodiumovale.Preventivemeasurescanreducethebreadingofparasitevector Theenhancementofnursingstudentsknowledgeregardingmalariapreventioncan reducedthemalariaeffectsincommunitythroughhealtheducationduringclinicalpostings.Adescriptivestudywasconductedinurbancommunity TheParticipants areselectedrandomly Thesamplesizeis100.Wherethe10%participantshavethegoodknowledge,50%havetheaverageknowledgeandremaining40%havethe poorknowledgeregardingmalariaprevention.Asignificantassociationwasfoundbetweendemographicvariablesandfamilies'knowledge.
INTRODUCTION:
AmongthemanyhealthprobleminIndiaiscommunicablediseasesarethemajor healthproblemswhicharethetransmittedonetoanotherthroughdirectandindirectcontactwithcausativeagent.Thediseaseswhichareindirectlytransmitted bymosquitoaredengue,malariaandchikunguniya.Malariaisoneofthecommondiseasesofcommunity Malariaistransmittedthroughthebiteofinfected female mosquito anopheles.The human host, the environment and the climate conditionthatmayaffecttheabundanceandsurvivalofmosquitoessuchas,rainfallpatterns,temperatureandhumiditywiththepeakduringandjustafterrainy season.
The disease characterised by fever, chills, rigor, headache, vomiting, fatigue. These symptoms will appear seven days or more after the infective mosquito bite. It is diagnosed by blood smear test and can be treated with antimalarial drugs.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Toassessthelevelofknowledgeoffamiliesregardingpreventivemeasures ofmalaria.
2. Tofindouttheassociationbetweenlevelofknowledgewithselecteddemographicvariables.
RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY:
Researchdesignwasconsistedadescriptiveresearchdesignapproachtoassess theknowledgeregardingpreventivemeasuresofmalaria.Thesamplesizeis100 familyofurbancommunity Thesampleswereselectedbyusingnon-probability, purposivesamplingtechnique.
The development of tools involved steps of test construction i.e. preparing the blue print, selection of items. Content validity of questionnaire was done and modificationsweredoneaccordingtothesuggestiongivenbyexperts.Pretestingandreliabilityoftoolsweredone.Thetoolswerefoundtobereliable.
Thedatawerecollectedbyusingstructuralknowledgequestionnaire.Thestructuralquestionnaireconsistingoftwosections;SectionI:demographicdataand SectionII:consistedof12knowledgequestionnairewithmaximumscoreof12.
RESULT:
Theanalysisofdatawasbasedontheobjectivesandhypothesis.Descriptivestatisticswereusedtomean,frequencyandpercentagewithtabularpresentationof data.
Chisquiretestwasusedtotestthehypothesisandsignificancedifferenceinthe levelofknowledgeofstudentsregardingpreventivemeasuresofmalaria.
Objective1:
Among100respondents10%werehavinggoodknowledge,50%havingaverageandremaining40%havingpoorknowledge.
Objective2: Associationbetweenlevelofknowledgeoffamilieswithselecteddemographic variables.
Table1:Frequencyandknowledgedistributionofsampleaccordingto socio-demographicalvariables. Distributionofdemographicvariables,N=100
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7 Monthlyincome 3000-5000Rs. 30 30% 5001-10000Rs. 50 50% 10001-20000Rs. 0 0% Above20000Rs. 20 20%
8 Sourcesofinformation Newspaper 0 0% Radio 0 0% Television 30 30% Alloftheabove 70 70%
Figure2:Cylinderdiagramshowingtheoverallmaleandfemale distribution.
DISCUSSION:
Themajorfindingsofthestudyarediscussedindetailbyresearchers.Theaimof thisstudywastoassesstheknowledgeofcommunitypeoplesregardingpreventionofmalaria.MalariaisamajorcauseofhighmortalityrateinIndia.
SECTION-I DemographicVariables:
InAgecriteria,20%respondentwerebetweentheagegroupof10-20years,40% werebetween21-30yearsagegroup,20%werebetween31-40yearagegroup andrest20%wereabove41yearsagegroup.
Ingendercriteria,themajority90%ofmalerespondentsandtheremaining10% ofthestudyparticipantsweretofemale.
The religious distribution depicts that majority 90% of the study participants wereHindus,10%Muslims,0%Christiansandremaining0%belongedtoother religions.
Inthisstudy90%familieswerejointfamilyand10%werenuclearfamilies.
Aspertheeducationaldistributionofthestudyparticipantsonly20%werehavingIntermediateeducation,40%Graduate,40%highschooland0%wasilliterateparticipants.
Inthisstudy70%participantsweremarriedand30%wereunmarried.
The 30% study participants were between the 3000-5000 Rs monthly income, 50%werebetweenthe5001-10000Rs,0%wasbetween10001-20000Rsand 20%wereabove20000Rsmonthlyincome.
Theinformationsourcedistributiondepictsthat30%ofstudyparticipantsgets information from television, 70% participants getting the previous knowledge throughnewspaper,radioandtelevision.
SECTION-II KnowledgeRegardingPreventiveMeasuresofMalaria:
The result shows that 10% of the samples were having Good knowledge, 40% Averageknowledgeandremaining50%hadpoorknowledgeregardingmalaria prevention.
CONCLUSION:
Theresearchershaveconductedastudyonpreventivemeasuresofmalaria.The resultshowedthat50%werehavingpoorknowledge,10%good knowledgeand 40% average level of knowledge regarding prevention of malaria. This concludesthatmoreeducationandawarenessisneededamongthenursingstudents regardingpreventivemeasuresofmalaria..
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