Assessing the effectiveness of cholera prevention campaign in students

Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease that can cause severe dehydration and death within hours of its onset. The disease has rapid spread and is high mortal. It is mostly due to the lack of proper knowledge about prevention strategies as well as lack of personal hygiene. The Campaign also includes a series of educational activities that will be used to transfer specified information purposes. The aim of this research is to design and implement cholera prevention campaign and evaluate its effectiveness on knowledge, attitudes and practice of students. 282 students were participated in this interventional study. The campaign was conducted for a period of four months using the following pamphlets, banners, video playback, and training classes. After data entry into SPSS v.16, t-test and Mann-Whitney were used to analyze the data. After the campaign, knowledge, attitudes and practice showed a growth of 44.6, 11.8 and 20.6 percent respectively. This study did not show a significant relationship between family size and knowledge of the students. However, there was a significant relationship between parents’ level of education and their level of knowledge. Cholera prevention campaign had positive effects in knowledge, attitude and practice of the students and prevent health related problems in the society.