Avaliação do conhecimento de escolares sobre dengue, chikungunya e zika.

Abstract

To evaluate students' knowledge about prevention, transmission, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, as well as to present preventive measures and to identify risk factors that predispose the increase of arbovirus cases. METHODS: Cross-sectional study, developed through field research and application of a questionnaire in two state schools in the city of Campina Grande-PB, from October to December 2016. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed and the study was performed. Pearson's chi-square test to identify possible associations between the investigated variables (p <0.05). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The average age was 17.13 years (SD = 3.96) and most were female (n = 413; 55.6%). Most pointed out that these diseases are transmitted by the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (n = 736; 98.5%), and that Zika virus can be transmitted from pregnant women to the fetus (n = 665; 89.0% ). Significant associations were observed between the participants' level of knowledge about these diseases and the existence of preventive care and programs to combat Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika virus active at school, as well as with the report of at least one case of these arboviruses. intra and peridomicile. CONCLUSION: Students presented a satisfactory level of knowledge about prevention, transmission, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnosis and treatment of arboviruses. On the other hand, there was a precarious use of the school environment for health promotion, identified as the risk factor that predisposes the increase of cases of these diseases in the study population, despite the students' satisfactory knowledge. Thus, integrality between the health and education sectors is an alternative to remedy the distance between knowledge and adherence to vector fighting habits, since it involves the effective, autonomous and active adherence of the population.