Level of Awareness of Dengue Disease among School Children in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, and Effect of School-Based Health Education Programmes on Improving Knowledge and Practices

Table 1

Average mean scores for different knowledge categories and overall knowledge of students on dengue prior and after awareness programme.

Knowledge category	Prior	After	p value
Disease transmission	2.58 ± 0.023	3.28 ± 0.026	0.02
Vector ecology	2.97 ± 0.027	3.40 ± 0.027
Symptoms and patient care	2.76 ± 0.036	4.04 ± 0.045
Control and prevention practices	3.92 ± 0.043	4.45 ± 0.043
Overall knowledge score (out of 100%)	60.30 ± 2.80	77.89 ± 23.25