Programa educativo para la prevención del dengue en la comunidad “Las Piñas” del cantón Santa Lucía. Provincia del Guayas 2012

Abstract

The objective of the research was to implement an educational program for the prevention of dengue in the community of Las Piñas Canton St. Lucía Guayas Province. This study was an observational cross-sectional design: a total of 30 families, a survey were the same as was validated by experts to identify MLAS general characteristics of the study group, knowledge, risk factors and preventive measures. With the diagnosis made was detected incorrect knowledge levels by 67%, the majority are women corresponding to 73%, 80% of householders said that dengue cases did exist in the community, 57% of respondents mentioned that they do not destroy the waste to prevent these serve as mosquito breeding of dengue. Once implemented the educational program got householders improve their knowledge about dengue prevention by 93%. It is concluded that there are risk factors such as the problem of water drainage, water storage containers in and out of the homes, which becomes public health problems. It is recommended to work together between the community and the Health Area N°.30 for which impart training and conduct permanent fumigation.