Motivational enhancement program on dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control behaviors among residents of Thungyai Sub-District, Phoprathapchang District, Phichit Province
Keywords:
Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Motivational enhancement program, Dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control behaviors, MotivationAbstract
This quasi-experimental study with a two-group pretest-posttest design aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a motivational-enhancing program on dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control behaviors among residents of Thungyai Sub-District, Phoprathapchang District, in Phichit Province. Ninety-eight participants were enrolled and divided into one experimental group (n = 49) and one compare group (n = 49). The experimental group attended a 3-week motivation-enhancing program consisting of 6 activities: telling stories about dengue fever, role-playing, reflection, dream imagery, skill training, and mosquito larvae monitoring. The research period was 16 weeks. Data was collected using a questionnaire, both before the program and at 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the program. Data was analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The mean differences were compared using an independent t-test, and information that was measured multiple times was analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA.
The results showed that at 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the program, experimental group participants average scores in the areas of knowledge, perceived severity, perceived risk, expectations of effectiveness in denguefever prevention and control, expectations of their ability, and dengue fever prevention and control behaviors, were significantly higher than when measured before the program. Also, the post-program scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than the final scores of the compare group (p-value < 0.05). After the program, the percentage of surveyed containers in which mosquito larvae were found in the experimental group was lower than the pre-program percentage, and the post-program experimental group percentage was also lower than the compare group's final percentage (p-value < 0.05). These results indicate that this motivation-enhancing program was an effective model that can be adopted by public health agencies.
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