FACTORS RELATED TO THE CONTROLLING AND PREVENTION DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER FOR VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS, NONGBUATAI SUB-DISTRICT, MUANG DISTRICT, TAK PROVINCE

Abstract

This research aims to study the relating factors, predisposing factors, enabling factors, and reinforcing factors affecting dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control of the village health volunteers in Nong Bua Tai Sub-district, Mueang District, Tak. The samples used in this research were 136 village health volunteers in Nong Bua Tai Sub-district. The samples were selected by using probability selection methods and randomly choose the sample using purposive sampling technique. Tools used for collecting data were questionnaires with the coefficient alpha equaled to 0.82. The statistics used for data analysis were average percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results of the research showed that for the predisposing factors in knowledge and attitude about dengue hemorrhagic fever had the statistically significant related to dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control (p-value = 0.021 and 0.002). The enabling factors in the sufficiency of resources and the skills in using chemicals for dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control had the statistically significant related to dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control (p-value = 0.029 and 0.036). And the reinforcing factors also had the statistically significant related (p-value = 0.014). It can be concluded that in order to operate the dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control model of the village health volunteers, the public health officers should advise and providing the accurate knowledge about dengue hemorrhagic fever to the village health volunteers regularly