Abstract

GORTE QUINONES, Annia Dolores et al. Changes in knowledge of typhoid fever in young people: Commune of Moron, Haiti. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.4, pp. 211-223. ISSN 1561-3194.

Typhoid fever is a high-incidence disease in Haiti. An educative intervention study was conducted in the Commune of Moron, de la Grand´Anse Department, Haiti Republic during January to November 2006 with the purpose of modifying and extending the knowledge of Typhoid Fever people of this community possessed. The universe included 523 young people (15-35 years old); 50 young people were taken as a simple random sample; which represented the 9, 56% of the total. To record the primary data, a questionnaire was applied before and after the educative program, where aspects of the theoretical knowledge were collected. The statistical process was carried out analyzing qualitative variables, using as a measure of summary the percentage relative frequency. The age brackets 20-25 prevailed and secondary level of education. At the end of the study the total of the young recognized the importance to attend to the health area in the presence of symptoms and showed general satisfactory knowledge on the topic, demonstrating the effectiveness of the educative intervention.

Keywords : Typhoid fever; Haiti.

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