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The present formative study reports awareness and practices of people regarding dengue and its prevention, personal protection behaviours and peoples\u2019 exposure to dengue-related health promotion activities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is a cross-sectional study of 1194 households randomly selected from 20 slum clusters in Delhi. Data were collected from an adult member of the household through an interviewer-administered, pre-tested questionnaire. An observation checklist was used to identify potential breeding sources.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>People were aware that dengue is transmitted through mosquitoes and sources of breeding (clean, stagnant water -60.1%, domestic water containers -18.7%, coolers -15.0%). Each house had at least one potential source of mosquito breeding. Using mosquito repellents (83.3%) was the most common personal protection behaviour. Peoples\u2019 participation is limited in the mosquito prevention and health promotion activities carried out by the local municipality. Still, participation resulted in positive behavioural change.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>While people were aware of dengue transmission, preventive measures against mosquito breeding were not satisfactory. People could not relate their existing knowledge on dengue to their household surroundings, and their awareness had not been translated to behavioural change. Community participation is limited, but is significant in the prevention and control of dengue.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/traa103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,11]],"date-time":"2020-09-11T19:12:57Z","timestamp":1599851577000},"page":"653-663","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Dengue awareness, preventive behaviours and<i>Aedes<\/i>breeding opportunities among slums and slum-like pockets in Delhi, India: a formative assessment"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"115","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4355-6274","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yadlapalli S","family":"Kusuma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anil K","family":"Goswami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of 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