Risk communication for cardiovascular disease prevention and control among health workers in Department of Disease Control

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive study were to satisfy level risk communication for cardiovascular disease prevention and control effect to raise awareness and perception of risk factors include consequences of media and equipment that support in raising awareness for cardiovascular disease prevention and control. This study was conducted during February to August 2011 among health workers purposively selected from the Department of Disease Control; 81 from the Bureau of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases. Data was collected by constructed questionnaire and then analyzed by percentage. The results showed most participants were highly satisfied risk communication increasing cardiovascular disease prevention (CVD prevention) awareness has accounted for 83.95% the increase perceived risk of 90.12% the knowledge and understanding of CVD prevention increased by 87.65% which are involved in behavioral to prevention and control CVD were 88.89% to application of knowledge to use of 88.89%. For comments to channel that reach people in an organization were dispatch representing 64.2% followed by the announce on public relation board representing 23.5%. For comments to suitable media type of risk communication in the workplace, in the first was personal healthcare booklet 43.2% followed by Tshirts were 30.9%. and suitable equipment in workplace that will contribute to health care, in the first work is to Blood Pressure Meter (Sphygmomanometer) 76.5%, followed by weighing machine 14.8%.