Educational intervention in medical students to increase knowledge levels on chikungunya in community screening

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Aedes; Arbovirosis; Medical Students; Early Educational Intervention; Chikungunya Virus; Vector Mosquitoes.

Abstract

Chikungunya fever is an emerging arboviral disease of increasing importance in global public health. With the objective of evaluating the effectiveness of an educational intervention in medical students—to raise their level of knowledge about chikungunya and improve their performance in community screening in high-risk areas of the municipality of Manzanillo—a pre-experimental educational intervention study was conducted. The intervention targeted first-year medical students from the University of Medical Sciences of Granma during the period from September to December 2025. The study universe consisted of 200 students who voluntarily agreed to participate, using a non-probabilistic, intentional sampling method. After applying the educational intervention, the final survey (post-test) showed a significant improvement in students’ knowledge levels: causal agent (95.5 %), clinical presentation (94.5 %), stages of the disease (93.5 %), transmission route (95.5 %), criteria for confirming a suspected case (93.5 %), preventive measures (97.5 %), and steps established for adequate community screening, with 195 students answering correctly, representing 97.5 %. In conclusion, the implemented educational intervention proved to be effective, as it increased the knowledge level of first-year medical students about chikungunya, thereby promoting improved community screening for the disease.

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Author Biography

Madelín Rodríguez Martínez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma

Profesora de Bioquímica

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Published

2025-12-16

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Rodríguez Martínez M, González Broche M, Meriño Pompa Y, Núñez González A, Recio Fornaris IM. Educational intervention in medical students to increase knowledge levels on chikungunya in community screening . RM [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 16 [cited 2025 Dec. 18];29:e3262. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/3262

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