FACTOR RELATED TO DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOR AND CONTROL AMONG AKHA HILL TRIBE IN MAE-CHAN, CHIANGRAI

Abstract

ABSTACT

BACKGROUND

                Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a major public health problem in Thailand. They are increasingly of the number of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever cases every year that should be prevention and control of dengue hemorrhagic fever continuous within an accurate and appropriate process. This is a major component to control and reduce the outbreak of DHF disease by the involvement from community participation prevention behavior. 

OBJECTIVES

                To investigate the association of factor related to dengue hemorrhagic fever preventive behavior and control among Akha hill tribe in Mae-Chan district, Chiang Rai province. 

METHODS

                The descriptive research on correlation study in Akha hill tribe, Huai Rai village, Mae- Rai sub-district, Mae- Chan district, Chiang Rai province. The sample size was selected from 233 populations, who resided in this village by multi-stage sampling. The questionnaire tool divided into six parts includes socio-demographic and characteristic which related to the Theory of Planed Behavioral (TPB). The statistic used descriptive statistics and analytical statistics with Pearson’s correlation coefficient.

RESULTS

                The most of the participants were Akha People, with age average 45 years. The most of them were female, 71.7% and Christian 98.3 %. They were non-educated 71.2% and were infected with Dengue Fever 54.9%. The attitude factor associated with subjective norm, perceived behavioral control toward the behavior positively related to intention factor by correlation coefficients (r) at 0.42, 0.65 and 0.61 respectively. The intention factor was positively correlated with dengue hemorrhagic fever preventive behavior and control by the correlation coefficient (r) at 0.67.

DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

                We found that the subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and attitude toward the behavior were positively intended to preventive behavior and control dengue hemorrhagic fever. We suggest that the intervention program for prevention and control of dengue hemorrhagic fever should be continuous with community participation.