Effects of Applying The Motivation Theory for Disease Prevention and The Concept of Participation People's Sector in Prevention of COVID-19 Along The Border of Ubon Ratchathani Province - Lao PDR

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the applying the motivation theory for disease prevention and the concept of participation people's sector in prevention of COVID-19 along the border of Ubon Ratchathani Province - The lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), within and between the experimental and comparison groups. The samples were 68 people divided into an experimental group of 34 people and a control group of 34 people. The experimental group was the group that received the applying the motivation theory for disease prevention and the concept of participation people's sector in prevention of COVID-19 along the border of Ubon Ratchathani Province - Lao PDR. The comparison group received regular health education activities from health officials. Data were collected using a questionnaire between November 2022 to February 2023. Statistical analysis employed frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and compare the average of knowledge scores about coronavirus disease (COVID-19), awareness of the risk of disease perception of the severity of the dangers arising from the disease expectations of their own ability to prevent disease expectations for the effectiveness of borderline communicable disease prevention responses and participation in the prevention of communicable diseases along the border before and after receiving the program within the experimental group and comparison group with paired sample t – test to compare the difference in scores between before and after the experiment and Pearson’s product moment correlation at the P-value <0.05.

          The results showed that after the experiment, the experimental group had a higher mean score. including knowledge scores about coronavirus disease (COVID-19), awareness of the risk of disease perception of the severity of the dangers arising from the disease expectations of their own ability to prevent disease expectations for the effectiveness of borderline communicable disease prevention responses and participation in the prevention of communicable diseases along the border Statistically significantly higher than the comparison group and p<0.05. It can be concluded that the application of motivation theory for disease prevention and the concept of public participation in disease prevention enable the public to participate in the disease prevention process successful and should be extended to other areas.