ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND

AWARENESS PROGRAM IN SAUDI ARABIA COMMUNITY

AWARENESS SURVEY

Research presented for partial fulfillment of scientific writing

And senior course ( ph L 10 )Under supervision / DR . Hager elkazaz.

ByRoaa abdulmohsen al amoudi

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all my thankfulness to god who blesses me by his grace of reasoning and religion , and for my successfulness in study and my entire life .I would like to express my gratitude to my advisor, Dr.hager elkaza for her support, patience, and encouragement throughout my graduate studies.I am also grateful to my colleagues and friends sara al zahrani , smaher al tawili and gahda osama for their cooperation with me Last, but not least, I would like to thank my parents fir their dedication and the many years of support during my undergraduate studies that provided the foundation for this work.. My brothers and sisters, for their understanding and love during the past few years. Their support and encouragement was in the end what made this dissertation possible.

OVERVIEW

Introduction Aim of the study Methodology Results and discussion conclusion Recommendation

WHAT IS DENGUE FEVER ?

Dengue fever is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes named Aedes aegypti.Symptoms include high temperature and feeling generally unwell.Serious complications include dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome. There is no specific medical treatment and no vaccine. The best way to protect against dengue

fever is to avoid mosquito bites when in

affected areas.

THE DENGUE FEVER A GLOBAL PROBLEM

During epidemics of dengue fever, infection rates among those who have not been previously exposed to the virus are often

40% to 50 % , but can reach 80 % to 90%.

An estimated 500,000 people with DHF require hospitalization each year , 2.5 % of those affected die .

Without prober treatment , DHF fatality rates can exceed 20%.

G E O G R A P H I C A L S P E A R E D O F D E N G U E D I S E A S E A R O U N D T H E W O R L D

Dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome were first noted in Central and South America in 1981 .Outbreaks have occurred recently in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Central America .Cases have also been imported via tourists returning from areas with widespread dengue, including Brazil , Tahiti, Singapore, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East .

VACCINE DEVELOPMENT:

No vaccine is currently approved for the prevention of dengue infection .

Immunogenic, safe tetravalent vaccines have been developed and are undergoing clinical trials.

Candidate vaccines include a live-attenuated virus, recombinant envelope proteins, and an inactivated virus.The estimates of the time needed for further testing of candidate vaccines range from 5-10 years .

THE AIM OF THIS STUDY :

To educate the public about the transmission of dengue fever diseases (Mosquitoes) and prevalence , knowing all the aspects of the disease will increase the population awareness to decreases the incidence of dengue fever and Also by showing the geographical spread of the disease all over the world and understand the disease centralization.

METHODOLOGY

Questionnaire based research used to assess the public knowledge and measure the awareness about dengue disease .The research quantitative survey have been speared between the public from Feb. 12 to may 14 2015 and it have been answered from 51 participants who helped in having an accurate results .

RESULTS

The study of dengue fever awareness accomplished successfully , the study had 51 participant’s who have answered quit fine about dengue fever and showed a good degree of knowledge , but there was a lack of information’s about the current treatment of dengue fever , The incubation period of the virus and time needed to appearance of the primary symptoms .

WHAT IS DENGUE FEVER?

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WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CURRENT TREATMENT OF

DENGUE FEVER?

Figure 2 : The answers for current treatment avalibile was approximate , 45% said there is a treatment aginst the virus it self , 25% for treatment the associated symptoms of the disease , 24% didnt know .

Particpiants had lack of infromatins about the fact of the cuurent treatment , whice is treatment the assoicated symptoms of the disease .

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OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS CHOOSE THE TRANSMISSION

METHOD OF DENGUE FEVER ?

Figure 3 : The transmission method had a Varity of answers but the right method have been chose (bitten by mosquitoes) for above than 82% of the participants .

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figure 5 : of the following factors chose the transmission method of dengue fever

HOW DO YOU KNOW DENGUE FEVER DISEASE ?

Figure 4 : participants have general information’s about the disease from awareness campaigns by 63% , and because of there relatives who has infected by this disease they knew about it by 20%, and by online searching 17%.

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CONCLUSION :

The disease have no direct vaccine or treatment ,public should be aware about the prevention and current treatment’s .We can increase the information’s to be given in the educational programs to decrease the infection incidence by knowing all the aspects of dengue fever .

RECOMMENDATIONS :

Implant a local organization of infection diseases .Make events to the public to educate them about the right ways to prevent and treatment of dengue fever .Increase the interest of the public to learn about the transmitted diseases.Alert young children's in schools by educational programs from getting bit by mosquitos and how dangers is the disease .

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