Empowerment and participation for developing dengue heamorrhagic disease prevention and control feature in Muang district, Chaiyaphum

Abstract

Mixed method research aimed to develop the feature of empowerment and participation for dengue heamorrhagic disease prevention and control in Muang district, Chaiyaphum. Participants were allocated in to two groups, 104 were capacity and collaboration group and 367 were evaluation group. Firs group were representative of families, communities, school networks, Sub-Sri Tong Sub-district Administration Organizations, Health Promoting Hospitals and Village Health Volunteers. Second group were Administrative Team and Sub-Sri Tong citizens. Data gathering had been done between January – December 2017 via documents, questionnaires, in-depth interview and group process. Frequency, standard deviation and percentage were described general information. In case of mean different between independent two groups, significant level p<0.05 was referenced. Results of study illustrated that factors related to disease distribution were local ecology, agriculture occupation, community rules, ease social economy, environment, knowledge, concern, participation and communication. After empowerment program, score of knowledge, skills and behaviors were higher than 80 percentages. Moreover, all results were evaluated again with an AIC technique. Five projects were agreed to solve disease problem, 1) Establishment of Dengue heamorrhagic fever prevention and control center. 2) Development model of prevention and control via school base program. 3) Learning talks in prevention and control with the village broadcast. 4) Indigenous knowledge bank for prevention and control and community environment improvement. Data analysis illustrated that the over view of evaluation, context, basic factors and working process were the highest level while product dimension was a high level especially disease information.