Role of health education in school-children with particular reference to malaria.

ABSTRACT

Knowledge and effect of health education in schoolchildren of primary, secondary and higher secondary classes were evaluated. In schoolchildren exposed to different health education activities such as live demonstrations, slide shows and when both events were grouped together a high average of correct score (47.88%) in comparison to that of control group (26.56%) was noticed. Exposed population could answer most of the questions correctly and supported the role of community participation with the help from Government Departments to control malaria. Involvement and role of schoolchildren in disease vector control programme is discussed in this paper.