Dengue
Conditions
Interventions
Study setting
It will be conducted in the highly epidemic Medical Officers of Health (MOH) area in the Kurunegala district
Randomization
The total number of households (those selected six pairs of ma
The Communication Initiative Team, 2004
WHO et al., 2012
HEB, 2017).
Developed and piloted intervention will be implemented at the cluster level. A cluster will consist of 25 householders.25 householders from one randomly selected Grama niladhari division
Sponsors
None
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Include all individuals in a selected single building households, age between 18 and 70 years both males and females. The “study unit” will be formed by separate single building utilized as a household in Kurunegala district. A household is defined as “a place where a person, or a group of persons who usually live and have a common arrangement for the preparation and consumption of food” (SLDHS, 2016). If there are two or more families live in upstairs and downstairs or annexures in the same premises, those units will be taken as separate households because the behaviour and the premises vector indices will be different from one household to another. Because the primary and secondary outcome will be assessed at the individual level.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Temporary shelters which were built for the period of fewer than six months will be excluded
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The dengue prevention behavior among the community members in the intervention group and the control group at three months of post intervention. It will be assessed at household level (individual). It will be assessed using the behaviour part of the Interviewer Administered Questioner (IAQ) and household observations and cut off mark of the adequate behaviors will be 60%. Out of those behaviour assessment areas, percentage of practicing the recommended behaviours will be taken in pre and post intervention in both control and intervention groups [Pre intervention and three months post intervention] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in pre and post intervention of: 1. Pupal Index 2. Breteau Index 3. Premise index 4.Container Index Defined as below, 1. “Pupal Index”= number of pupae per 100 houses inspected 2. “Breteau Index” = number of positcontainers per 100 houses inspected. 3. “Premise index”= percentage of premises infested with larvae and/or pupae. 4. “Container Index”= percentage of wet containers infested with larvae or pupae [Pre intervention and three months post intervention] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactDr.R.M.N.U.Rajapaksha
Registrar in Community Medicine
Outcome results
None listed