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INTRODUCTION. The increase in incidence and costs of dengue fever around the world has brought more investment in prevention and promotion. To evaluate the impact of these measures, we used surveys that evaluate knowledge, attitude and practices of the population concerning dengue prevention.
METHODOLOGY. This a descriptive, transversal cut study that analyzes two neighborhoods, La Ciénaga and El Perú, located in the Pocrí regiment, Aguadulce district, Coclé province, Republic of Panama. The size of the sample was calculated using Epi Info v 3.5.1 with a confidence level of 95%. We obtained 101 houses, and collected the data using a questionnaire with close ended questions.
RESULTS. The majority of the people were female with 77,2%, 24,7% were women between 31-40 years of age with middle schooling in 28,7%. El Perú neighborhood had more houses positive for larvae with 25,9% compared to La Ciénaga with 21,3%. Regarding the knowledge, attitude and practices, people from La Ciénaga answered correctly more questions than people from El Perú, with the exception in the question regarding how they prevented mosquitoes bites.
CONCLUSIONS. Our results are similar to those on the revised literature. The majority of the surveyed population was female, middle aged and in their productive years. We found that the neighborhood that had less confirmed cases, answered correctly more questions.
