Use of an educational intervention with audiovisual material to improve knowledge and practices on metaxenic diseases in schoolchildren. Peru

Agueda Muñoz del Carpio-Toia, René Góngora Cárdenas, René Góngora Prado, Wildo Ontiveros Aparicio, Juan Alberto Cuba, Paola Meza Gómez, Cristian Díaz-Vélez, Guido Bendezu-Quispe, Ciro Maguiña Vargas

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Abstract

Objective. Identify the level of knowledge and practices on metaxenic diseases in school children before and after an educational intervention with audiovisual material. Methods. Pre post design study developed in three public schools in Arequipa, Peru. Knowledge and practice surveys were applied before and after the educational intervention based on audiovisual material focused on the Aedes Aegypti vector and the role of schoolchildren in the identification and prevention of the disease. Results Surveys were applied to 300 schoolchildren between six and fifteen years. The level of knowledge and practices improved significantly in all students after the educational intervention, both in the aspects of knowledge (global, agent, symptoms, prevention and complications) with those of practices (individual and family). Conclusions It was shown that educational innovation based on multimedia audiovisual products improves knowledge about the Aedes aegypti vector and practices for preventing transmission of metaxenic diseases in schoolchildren.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)125-134
Number of pages10
JournalCEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume2555
StatePublished - 2019
Event2019 International Congress on Educational and Technology in Sciences, CISETC 2019 - Arequipa, Peru
Duration: 10 Dec 201912 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Attitudes
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Disease vectors
  • Education
  • Knowledge
  • Practice

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