Community Participation on Opisthorchis Viverrini and Tape Worm for Protection and Control Taeng Noi District, Sakon NaKhon

Abstract

Purposes : To compare knowledge, attitudes, and consumption behaviors of fish and meat and participation in the prevention and control of opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm.

Study design : Qua-si experimental study; Before-After Two Groups Pretest – Posttest Design

Materials and Methods : 262 of participants were community leaders from  experimental village. The experimental village received a participation program by mean of a analyzing the problem conditions, planning, implementing and evaluating results, the process took 6 months. Data were collected using an interview form. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. and the independent t-test set a significance level of .05.

Main findings : After intervention, it was found that the samples in experimental village had higher mean scores of knowledge about opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm, when were compared to control village (p<.001) by means of a mean score greater than 2.35 (95%CI; 2.07-2.63) ; The samples in the experimental village had higher mean scores attitudes on opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm, when were compared to control village. (p<.001) by mean of a mean score greater than 4.03 (95%CI;3.19, 4.67) ; The sample group in the experimental village had higher average scores on consumption behavior when compared were control village. (p<.001), by mean of a mean score greater than 7.68 (95%CI;7.66, 8.29), and sample in experimental village had a mean participation in prevention and control of opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm when were compared to control village (p<.001), by mean of a mean score greater than 8.66 (95%CI;7.06, 9.05). As for  stool exam test for opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm eggs, it was found that stool exam test for opisthorchis viverrini and tapeworm eggs was different from the control village (p< .001).

Conclusion and recommendations : This study shows that participation programs causing changes in knowledge, attitudes, fish and meat on a consumption behaviors including participation behavior in prevention and control of liver fluke and tapeworm disease of  community leaders in a better way.