Factors Related to Surveillant and Preventive Behaviors Toward Hand Foot and Mouth Disease among Parents of Children in Akat Amnuai District, Sakon Nakhon Province
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This cross-sectional study aims to assess the scores of surveillant and preventive behaviors and study the factors related to surveillant and preventive behaviors toward hand foot and mouth disease among parents of children. The sample group was 288 parents of children obtained through stratified sampling. Data were collected via questionnaires from July-September, 2023. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation are used to analyze the surveillant and preventive behaviors toward hand foot and mouth disease among parents of children. The analysis of factor data associated with the scores of surveillant and preventive behaviors scores toward hand foot and mouth disease using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis.
The results revealed that 96.53% of parents of children had scores of surveillant and preventive behaviors of hand foot and mouth disease was high level ( = 4.59, SD= 0.46). The factors related to scores of surveillant and preventive behaviors of hand foot and mouth disease in Akat Amnuai district, Sakon Nakhon province were material status (p<0.05), education levels (p<0.05), and parent-child relationship (p<0.05). These research data are essential for public health professionals and public health agencies in their public health planning and providing effective disease prevention and control to reduce hand foot and mouth disease outbreaks in the future.
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