Knowledge, Attitude, and Participation in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Projects of Village Health Volunteers in Krabi Province.

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study the knowledge, attitudes, and participation of Village Health Volunteers in Krabi Province concerning health promotion and disease prevention projects. It also examined the relationships between personal factors, knowledge, and attitudes with their participation. The sample consisted of 383 VHVs in Krabi Province, selected through simple random sampling. Data were collected via an online questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square, and Pearson's Correlation at a statistical significance level of 0.05.

The results showed that the majority of  Village Health Volunteers demonstrated a high level of knowledge in implementing community health promotion and disease prevention projects (66.06%). Regarding attitudes, most respondents exhibited a good level (70.23%), and notably, no volunteers were found to have a poor attitude. Participation was also high, with 74.67% demonstrating a high level of involvement. The aspect of participation with the highest mean score was participation in receiving benefits M = 4.11 The analysis of relationships revealed that the highest education level was significantly related to participation (χ² = 23.957, p = 0.008) Knowledge had a low-level positive correlation (r = 0.215, p = 0.001), and attitude had a moderate-level positive correlation (r = 0.415, p = 0.001) with participation. Other factors, including gender, age, occupation, income, duration of service, and project planning training, were not significantly related to participation.