Factors Influencing Disease Prevention Behaviors Among Village Health Volunteers in Chai Nat Province after the Pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019
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Disease prevention, Coronavirus disease 2019, Village health volunteersAbstract
This study aimed to investigate (1) the levels of disease prevention motivation, including perceived disease susceptibility and severity, and perceived benefits of disease prevention behaviors and self-efficacy for disease prevention; (2) the levels of disease prevention behaviors; and (3) the influence of personal characteristics, perceived disease susceptibility, perceived disease severity, and expected benefits of disease prevention behaviors and expected self-efficacy for disease prevention of village health volunteers (VHVs) in Chai Nat province after the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The study was a cross-sectional survey on a sample of 394 VHVs selected using the systematic sampling from a population of 9,600 VHVs in the province. The sample size was calculated from a formula for estimating population means. Data were collected using a questionnaire with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.86 and then analyzed to determine frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple linear regression. The results showed that, among the VHVs in Chai Nat: (1) regarding their motivation for disease prevention, the levels were highest for perceived susceptibility at 84.95%, high for perceived severity at 84.09%, and highest for perceived benefits and self-efficacy at 84.85% and 85.33% respectively; (2) their level of disease prevention behaviors was highest at 95.90%; and (3) the factors that significantly influenced their prevention behaviors in the province after the COVID-19 pandemic (p < 0.05) were gender, age, perceived benefits, and perceived self-efficacy, with an overall coefficient of determination of 23.60% (R2 = 0.236). Thus, relevant agencies should promote, support, and maintain appropriate health behaviors among VHVs as a role model for the people’s healthcare.
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