22. KIẾN THỨC, THỰC HÀNH PHÒNG CHỐNG SỐT XUẤT HUYẾT DENGUE VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA NGƯỜI DÂN TẠI PHƯỜNG HỒNG HẢI, THÀNH PHỐ HẠ LONG, TỈNH QUẢNG NINH, NĂM 2023

Abstract

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is one of the most important vector-borne diseases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Vietnam is one of the five countries with the highest burden of DHF in the Asia-Pacific region. To determine the rate of knowledge and practice on DHF prevention and related factors among residents of Hong Hai ward, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province in 2023, we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study on 231 residents of Hong Hai ward. Of the 231 subjects, 229 subjects had heard of dengue fever. The results showed that the rate of subjects with correct knowledge about dengue fever was 66.38%, the rate of subjects with correct practice was 55.46%. The factor related to knowledge and practice is occupation, in which non-household subjects have 2.4 times higher correct knowledge about dengue fever and 2.3 times higher correct practice about the disease than housewife subjects with statistical significance at p <0.05. The study recorded the relationship between knowledge and practice of the people, that is, subjects with correct knowledge will practice correct measures to prevent dengue fever 2.7 times higher than subjects with incorrect knowledge with statistical significance at p <0.05. Thus, it is necessary to strengthen communication to improve people's knowledge and practice about dengue fever prevention.