การพัฒนารูปแบบการควบคุมและป้องกันโรคติดต่อในพื้นที่ชายแดน อำเภอแว้ง จังหวัดนราธิวาส

Abstract

The problem of infectious disease outbreak in the border area requires control and prevention. This research aims to develop a model for infectious disease control and prevention in the border area of ​​Waeng District, Narathiwat Province using the EDFR (Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research) technique. The sample group consists of 24 experts, public health professionals, public health officers or professional nurses working at border checkpoints and sub-district health promotion hospitals in Waeng District, Narathiwat Province, who have knowledge and experience in infectious disease control and prevention in Waeng District, Narathiwat Province. Purposive selection was used, with interviews and rating scale questionnaires as data collection tools. Data collection was conducted in 3 rounds. The first round was an interview, and the data was used to create a rating scale questionnaire, which was given to experts in the second and third rounds. The data from the last round of the questionnaire was used to find the median, mode, difference between mode and median, and interquartile range to summarize and write an overall picture. The model was tested by focusing on expert focus groups to lead to the infectious disease control and prevention model in Waeng District, Narathiwat Province.

The research results found that the model of communicable disease control and prevention in Waeng District, Narathiwat Province, consisted of 5 aspects as follows: 1) Social conditions in the border area of ​​Waeng District, 2) Communicable disease situation in the border area of ​​Waeng District, both normal and during disease outbreaks, 3) Application of the International Health Regulations 2005, 4) Operation of the rapid investigation team of Waeng District, 5) Communicable disease control and prevention in the border area of ​​Waeng District, Narathiwat Province, which consisted of 4 aspects: personnel, finance, materials, and management.