فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

The occurrence of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a significant public health problem in tropical countries like Indonesia, so the community needs to be involved in vector control. A quasi-experimental pre-test–post-test design was used to assess the impact of a community empowerment intervention on the Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices (KAP) of dengue prevention and reduction of Aedes larval presence. The study was carried out in RW 6 of the Paccerakkang village and the total number of households used was 126, which was obtained through proportionate sampling using Cohen formula. The pre and post-intervention data were collected through structured questionnaires and larval surveys. Within group analyses were completed using the McNemar and Wilcoxon signed rank tests, whereas comparisons between intervention and control groups utilized a variety of appropriate non-parametric tests with p < 0.05 used as the cut-off for significance. The larval presence was significantly reduced in the intervention group (p < 0.001) but not in the control group (p = 0.111). There were also significant improvements in knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices among the intervention group (p = 0.039, p = 0.008 and p = 0.041, respectively). The results confirm the effectiveness of community empowerment in improving dengue prevention behaviors and Aedes breeding reduction, which can be integrated into the routine primary health care and local vector control services for sustainable dengue prevention.