Research Article

Level of Awareness of Dengue Disease among School Children in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, and Effect of School-Based Health Education Programmes on Improving Knowledge and Practices

Table 2

Average mean scores for different knowledge categories and overall knowledge of students on dengue.

School reference number Average Total Score (%)p value for the GLM
PrePost

S 59.6581.40For variance among schools = 0.001
S 55.6577.20
S 58.9568.70
S 55.8073.80
S 63.4585.75
S 54.0569.30For variance among pre & post = 0.008
S 60.0076.75
S 57.9068.50
S 67.9587.25
S 71.2090.25