TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change and dengue fever knowledge, attitudes and practices in Bangladesh
T2 - A social media-based cross-sectional survey
AU - Siddikur Rahman, Md
AU - Karamehic-Muratovic, Ajlina
AU - Baghbanzadeh, Mahdi
AU - Amrin, Miftahuzzannat
AU - Zafar, Sumaira
AU - Rahman, Nadia Nahrin
AU - Shirina, Sharifa Umma
AU - Haque, Ubydul
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: UH was supported by the Research Council of Norway (grant 281077).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Bangladesh experienced its worst dengue fever (DF) outbreak in 2019. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among university students in Bangladesh and significant factors associated with their prevention practices related to climate change and DF. Methods: A social media-based (Facebook) cross-sectional KAP survey was conducted and secondary data of reported DF cases in 2019 extracted. Logistic regression and spatial analysis were run to examine the data. Results: Of 1500 respondents, 76% believed that climate change can affect DF transmission. However, participants reported good climate change knowledge (76.7%), attitudes (87.9%) and practices (39.1%). The corresponding figures for DF were knowledge (47.9%), attitudes (80.3%) and practices (25.9%). Good knowledge and attitudes were significantly associated with good climate change adaptation or mitigation practices (p<0.05). Good knowledge, attitudes and previous DF experiences were also found to be significantly associated with good DF prevention practices (p<0.001). There was no significant positive correlation between climate change and DF KAP scores and the number of DF cases. Conclusions: Findings fromthis study provide baseline data that can be used to promote educational campaigns and intervention programs focusing on climate change adaptation and mitigation and effective DF prevention strategies among various communities in Bangladesh and similar dengue-endemic countries.
AB - Background: Bangladesh experienced its worst dengue fever (DF) outbreak in 2019. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among university students in Bangladesh and significant factors associated with their prevention practices related to climate change and DF. Methods: A social media-based (Facebook) cross-sectional KAP survey was conducted and secondary data of reported DF cases in 2019 extracted. Logistic regression and spatial analysis were run to examine the data. Results: Of 1500 respondents, 76% believed that climate change can affect DF transmission. However, participants reported good climate change knowledge (76.7%), attitudes (87.9%) and practices (39.1%). The corresponding figures for DF were knowledge (47.9%), attitudes (80.3%) and practices (25.9%). Good knowledge and attitudes were significantly associated with good climate change adaptation or mitigation practices (p<0.05). Good knowledge, attitudes and previous DF experiences were also found to be significantly associated with good DF prevention practices (p<0.001). There was no significant positive correlation between climate change and DF KAP scores and the number of DF cases. Conclusions: Findings fromthis study provide baseline data that can be used to promote educational campaigns and intervention programs focusing on climate change adaptation and mitigation and effective DF prevention strategies among various communities in Bangladesh and similar dengue-endemic countries.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Climate change
KW - Control
KW - Dengue
KW - Early warning system
KW - Prevention
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U2 - 10.1093/trstmh/traa093
DO - 10.1093/trstmh/traa093
M3 - Article
C2 - 32930796
AN - SCOPUS:85099486903
SN - 0035-9203
VL - 115
SP - 85
EP - 93
JO - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -