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			<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">PIJR</journal-id>
			<journal-title>Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research</journal-title>
			<issn pub-type="ppub">2250 - 1991</issn>
			<publisher>
				<publisher-name>Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research</publisher-name>
			</publisher>
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			<article-id pub-id-type="other">pijr-7-1-8582</article-id>
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					<subject>Original Research Paper</subject>
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				<article-title>AWARENESS, PRACTICE, MYTHS, FACTS AND IMPACT OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN DENGUE CONTROL IN A RURAL POPULATION</article-title>
			</title-group>
			<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>Kumar</surname>
							<given-names>Mishra</given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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						</contrib><contrib contrib-type="author">
						<name>
							<surname>Maharajan</surname>
							<given-names></given-names>
							<prefix>Dr.</prefix>
						</name>
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						</xref>
						</contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub">
				<month>January</month>
				<year>2018</year>
			</pub-date>
			<volume>7</volume>
			<issue>1</issue>
			<fpage>01</fpage>
			<lpage>02</lpage>
			<abstract>
				<title>ABSTRACT</title>
				<p><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;top:12.0pt;text&ndash;align:justify;text&ndash;justify:&#10;inter&ndash;ideograph;line&ndash;height:150%&quot;><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:&#10;150%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso&ndash;themecolor:text1&quot;>Introduction: Prevention<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>of<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>breeding<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>of<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>Aedes<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>mosquito<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>is<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>an<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>effective<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>method<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>for<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>dengue<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>control.<span style=&quot;mso&ndash;spacerun:yes&quot;>&nbsp; </span>Practice of source reduction to prevent breeding depends on the knowledge of the community, which can be improved by health education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;top:12.0pt;text&ndash;align:justify;text&ndash;justify:&#10;inter&ndash;ideograph;line&ndash;height:150%&quot;><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:&#10;150%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso&ndash;themecolor:text1&quot;>Aim: The aim of this study to assess the knowledge, awareness, practices and impact of health education in dengue control.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;top:12.0pt;text&ndash;align:justify;text&ndash;justify:&#10;inter&ndash;ideograph;line&ndash;height:150%&quot;><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:&#10;150%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso&ndash;themecolor:text1&quot;>Methods: Self&ndash;developed questionnaire made for testing of Knowledge about Dengue fever, transmission &amp; vector control; Knowledge on Aedes breeding sources; Aedes egypti larval indices before imparting the health education and after imparting so was administered to the respondents for the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;top:12.0pt;text&ndash;align:justify;text&ndash;justify:&#10;inter&ndash;ideograph;line&ndash;height:150%&quot;><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:&#10;150%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso&ndash;themecolor:text1&quot;>Results: Before imparting health education, the scores for Knowledge about Dengue fever transmission and vector control in the community was 5.80 &plusmn;2.45 whereas after imparting the health education it was escalated to 14.67 &plusmn;3.84.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin&ndash;top:12.0pt;text&ndash;align:justify;text&ndash;justify:&#10;inter&ndash;ideograph;line&ndash;height:150%&quot;><span style=&quot;font&ndash;size:12.0pt;line&ndash;height:&#10;150%;font&ndash;family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;mso&ndash;themecolor:text1&quot;>Conclusion: Health education was effective in improving the practice of source reduction in a community with poor practices of vector biting and breeding habits.<o:p></o:p></span></p></p>
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