Dengue awareness among faculty members of government college university, Faisalabad

Abstract

Background: As Pakistan is a developing country with limited sources and overpopulation, facing problems like earthquakes, water shortages and floods has affected the health conditions of people of Pakistan. Dengue has been a grave problem in Pakistan due to the availability of no vaccine, insufficient sanitation system, presence of polluted water for drinking and overpopulation for a very long time but still each year there are dengue cases reported along with deaths caused by it. Even for being present for a very long time and being prevalent, there is lack of sufficient awareness in the people of Pakistan. Aims: There are awareness studies conducted on various aspects of the population and in different areas but neither there are any studies conducted on faculty members nor consequently there are awareness programs based for the faculty members that are the source of knowledge for the society and specifically the newer generations. Thus, this study focused on determining the level of awareness in faculty members which might help in designing awareness programs for them later on. Method: The sampling technique used in this study was convenient sampling and the sample included 50 faculty members (men = 28, women = 21) from different departments of Government College University, Faisalabad. A self-constructed structured dengue awareness questionnaire was administered onto the participants i.e., the faculty members. Later on, the data obtained through these questionnaires were quantitatively analyzed and interpreted through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS version 26. Later on, the results were reported.