EFFECTIVENES OF OIL SUSPENDED IN WATER SOLUTION IN CONTROLLING THE POPULATION OF SELECTED CULICIDAE SPECIES IN BRGY. COTTA, LUCENA CITY

Improverished communities are often the most affected areas when a health environmental crisis occurs, and vector-borne illnesses brought by the Culicidae family are among the most prevalent. this study is an assessment of the effectiveness of using an improvised trapping method using oil suspended in water for the semi-aquatic mosquito species endemic to the communities of Lucena City in the Province of Quezon: its cost-effectiveness in comparison to pre-existing trapping methods, and its effect on the state of health on the aforementioned communites in the hopes of inciting future researchers to develop means of combatting societal and environmental issues plaguing impoverished communities using simple and comprehensive methods that can be attained through the use of readily-available items at home. The study uses quantitative methods to assess the perception of the members of 45 households in Brgy. Cotta, Lucena City regarding the cost - effectiveness of pre-existing trapping methods of trapping members of theCulicidae family compared to the improvised method of using oil suspended in water solution. Two questionnaires were administered; one, before the 3-month experimentation phase, and another, after the experimentation is finished. Both of which were given physically and through online means. The research found that the method is a favorable alternative to pre-existing methods through the following categories of assessment; its cost and availability, perceived to be agreeable compared to the pre-existing methods with neutral perception; and maintenance and management of byproducts, receiving an agreeable reception in comparison to the previous methods that the respondents feel neutral to.