Factors Influencing the Behavior of Dengue Fever Prevention among People in the Area Ban Plai Sai Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Pak Phanang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey research aims to study 1) leading factors, additional or supporting factors, contributing factors, and behavior in preventing dengue fever, and 2) factors influencing behavior in preventing dengue fever. The sample consisted of 128 representative households. A questionnaire was used in this research. The knowledge part had a KR-20 value of 0.71. The Cronbach's alpha values of the whole questionnaire, attitude, additional factors or supporting factors, contributing factors, and behaviors to prevent dengue fever were 0.88, 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, and 0.82. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple stepwise multiple regression statistics.

The results found that most of the leading factors are knowledge at a good level (85.27%), attitudes at a moderate level (70.54%), additional factors or supporting factors include social support at a good level (70.54%), and motivation is at a good level (96.90%). Regarding the contributing factors, they are at a good level (87.60%). Dengue fever prevention behavior is at a moderate level (61.24%). Factors influencing people's dengue fever prevention behavior include facilitating factors and attitude, which together predict people's dengue fever prevention behavior at 22.8%, with facilitating factors influencing positively and attitude influencing negatively.

 Suggestions: Important contributing factors in preventing dengue fever come from village health volunteers and public health staff, so the Ministry of Public Health should encourage the potential of village health volunteers by developing their expertise in dengue fever under the essential mentorship of public health staff