Factors Affecting the Role of Health Volunteers on Prevention and Control of Dengue Fever in the Repeated Outbreak Areas of Muang District, Uttaradit
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2021.70Keywords:
role of dengue prevention and control, Dengue fever, The repeated outbreaks areaAbstract
Introduction: Dengue fever is a nationwide public health problem and continued to occur as repeated outbreaks in each area, which may cause severe situation and death. Objectives: To study the performance of health volunteers on the prevention and control of dengue fever in the repeated outbreak areas in Mueang District, Uttaradit province, and to determine the factors that affect their operation role regarding prevention and control of dengue fever . Research Methodology: We applied a cross-sectional descriptive research to this study; the samples were 345 public health volunteers in the repeated outbreak areas, Mueang District, Uttaradit Province which recruited by systematic sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire regarding the operation role on dengue fever prevention and control which has valuable KR-20 and the alpha coefficient of Cronbach between 0.75-0.90. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis at a significance level of 0.05. Research Results: The study found that the samples complied with the role on prevention and control of dengue fever at a moderate level of 60.29 percent (x̄=36.63, SD=5.09). The stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that perception of preventive and control measures for dengue fever (b =0249, p<0.001), social support (b=0.308, p<0.001), self-efficacy (b=0.330, p=0.002) and holding other positions in the village (b=1.869, p=0.002) affected the health volunteers’ performance on protection and control of dengue fever in the repeated outbreak areas of 23.10 percent. Conclusion: Perception of preventive and control measures for dengue fever, social support factor, self-efficacy, and holding other positions in the village affected the compliance to their role of a protection and control of dengue fever in the repeated outbreak areas, Mueang District, Uttaradit Province
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