Knowledge,awareness and practices about dengue fever among university students

Aim: to find out knowledge of dengue fever among university students,studying different courses. duration: study was conducted during month of june,july and august,2011. methods: it was ac cross-sectional study conducted on 374 students studying at intermediate bachelors and master level in university of gujrat. pretested questioners were used to collect primary data. composite cumulative scores were used to determine knowledge about dengue fever. students enrolled in engineering,medical,basic sciences,it & business administration and social sciences were major groups of study. data was entered and analysed in spss 17. results: response was collected from 374(53.5% females & 36.5% males participants. mean age with sd was 21.3±1.72. it & business administration students scored the highest in knowledge. no considerable difference seen among high and low socio-economic groups (p=0.06) conclusion: good knowledge in it students among different groups (p=0.000),support the fact that internet is strong source of information and helpful tool for raising awareness amongst general public. high knowledge of preventive measures is not depicted in practice and needs awareness strategies towards ensuring implementation of preventive measures.