Prevención del dengue en la parroquia Ochoa León del cantón Pasaje

Abstract

Abstract: Dengue is an infection transmitted by Aedes aegypti,the last outbreak occurred in America in 2019 during the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 3.1 million reported cases and 1,535 deaths. The main objective of this intervention is to implement an educational strategy for the prevention of dengue in the Ochoa León parish of the Pasaje canton, for this a quasi-experimental design was applied with evaluation before and after the investigation. The sample consisted of 372 people with simple random sampling. All participants initially obtained a low level of knowledge and later 97.13%, with 8.81% of participants at a medium level, no participant reached a high level of knowledge, even so, it is possible to ensure through the evidence that there is a significant statistical association between educational interventions based on health education and the level of understanding of dengue prevention. The general opinion on dengue prevention in our localities is still limited, but it ́s possible to implement sustainable and easily accessible educational methods for the benefit of our communities.