Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Prevention and Control Program in the Area of Chainat Province

Abstract

  This Action Research aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever prevention and control program in the area of Chainat Province, Thailand and to study factors which are able to influence the effectiveness of DHF prevention and control program in the area of Chainat Province, Thailand. It was a quantitative research. Population who aged 18years old and over of Chainat Province, totally 259,958 residents, were selected by random sampling to get the study samples of 400 respondents. Data was collected by questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistic including Frequency, Percentage, Mean, and Standard Deviation, and Inferential Statistics such as Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and Enter Multiple Regression Analysis. The results were showed that the effectiveness of DHF prevention and control program in the area of Chainat Province, was at the high level. Factors in relation with the effectiveness of the DHF prevention and control program were revealed that the participation of DHF prevention and control program was at the high level. The attitude towards DHF prevention and control program, and the knowledge of DHF prevention and control program were at the highest level. The hypothesis testing results of the relationship and the prediction were indicated that the participation of DHF prevention and control program, and the attitudes towards DHF prevention and control program were able to influence the effectiveness of DHF prevention and control program with statistically significant difference at 0.01 level.