Factors related to hand foot and mouth disease prevention behaviors among parents and preschool children in Amphoe Bua Yai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

The objective this research is to study the factors of Health Belief Model and Biosocial factor associated with HFMD. Analytical cross-sectional design was used in this study. The simple size was selected by simple random sampling 250 couples parent and their children. This study used Health Belief Model and Biosocial factor questionnaires collected for descriptive analysis such as frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation. Analysis of the relationship was carried out by chi-square and multiple logistic regressions. The results of HFMD prevention behavior in the parents indicated 55.20% was in a good level on the hand wash before preparing or cooking food and after defecation, and in the pre-school children reported 54.40% had a good level on a defecation in the toilet. This study also projected to the parents who had a high perceived of disease severity, low perceived of barrier and high self efficacy about the HFMD will be better prevention behavior which showed a significant statistical respectively; 3.15 (95% CI: 1.79-5.56), 2.11 (95% CI: 1.14-3.92) and 7.79 (95% CI: 2.46-24.62), (p<0.05). The results shown 87.00% of parents status of better living on official work was affected to their student to increase the prevention behavior on HFMD.