Role of Health Education in the Awareness of Mosquito Breeding Sites in Public Secondary Schools in Imo State, Southeast, Nigeria Service Unavailable

A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of malaria infection among secondary school students in Imo State was carried out between May and August ۲۰۲۲ in secondary schools in Imo State. This study adopted a survey research design that used the inferential method. A total of ۳۹۹ students were involved in the study. The sample was drawn using purposive and cluster random sampling techniques. Data were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. The reliability of the instrument was assured using the Cronbach alpha statistic. The result obtained yielded a reliability index of ۰.۸۲, indicating the high internal consistency reliability of the research instrument. Mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions. Hypotheses were tested with One Sample t-test statistic at a ۰.۰۵ level of significance. The findings of the study were that the extent of malaria prevalence among public secondary school students in Imo State is moderate and not significantly rated above average; the extent to which Exposure to health education help students to be aware of mosquito breeding indicators among public secondary school students in Imo State is moderate and significantly rated above average; the extent to which Exposure to health education help students to be aware of their contribution to mosquito breeding in public secondary school in Imo State is moderate and not significantly rated above average. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should provide refuse receptacles in large quantities and place them at an interval of not more than ۲۰۰ m apart in both residential and commercial areas. The findings of this study also emphasize the need for health education in schools, churches, and communities to control malaria in the area.A cross-sectional study on the prevalence of malaria infection among secondary school students in Imo State was carried out between May and August ۲۰۲۲ in secondary schools in Imo State. This study adopted a survey research design that used the inferential method. A total of ۳۹۹ students were involved in the study. The sample was drawn using purposive and cluster random sampling techniques. Data were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. The reliability of the instrument was assured using the Cronbach alpha statistic. The result obtained yielded a reliability index of ۰.۸۲, indicating the high internal consistency reliability of the research instrument. Mean and standard deviation statistics were used to answer the research questions. Hypotheses were tested with One Sample t-test statistic at a ۰.۰۵ level of significance. The findings of the study were that the extent of malaria prevalence among public secondary school students in Imo State is moderate and not significantly rated above average; the extent to which Exposure to health education help students to be aware of mosquito breeding indicators among public secondary school students in Imo State is moderate and significantly rated above average; the extent to which Exposure to health education help students to be aware of their contribution to mosquito breeding in public secondary school in Imo State is moderate and not significantly rated above average. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should provide refuse receptacles in large quantities and place them at an interval of not more than ۲۰۰ m apart in both residential and commercial areas. The findings of this study also emphasize the need for health education in schools, churches, and communities to control malaria in the area.

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Malaria ، Awareness ، Health Education ، Knowledge ، Public schools ، Imo State