Participants revealed that the present dengue control campaigns were only effective over a short period of time. Outside campaign times, control activities were irregularly carried out and this decreased their effectiveness. Moreover, people did not fully participate in larval control activities. Most participants undertook larval control but inconsistently, finding it difficult to keep up with the suggested regimes of mosquito control. They did not think they were at risk of dengue or had larvae at home and they thought that control was best left in the hands of the authorities who could undertake more widespread spraying activities.