Effectiveness of the learning program on leptospirosis prevention behavior among at-risk farmers in the community

Abstract

     This study was Effectiveness of the learning program on leptospirosis prevention behavior among at-risk farmers in the community. This study was a quasi-experimental research with two groups. Study the effectiveness of learning programs on leptospirosis prevention behavior among farmers at risk in the community. Fifty-two older patients were recruitedbased on inclusion criteria andsimple random sampling was used to assign subjects into two groups: 30 subjects for control group and other 30 subjects for experimental group. Data were collected between May to July 2024. The research instruments were learning program for prevention of Leptospirosis in farmers at risk. And questionnaire on knowledge, perception and behavior in preventing Leptospirosis. Demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Paired t-test was used to leptospirosis prevention behavior of the experimental group before and after receiving the learning program on leptospirosis. Independent t-test was performed to compare between leptospirosis prevention behavior of the control group and those of the experimental group. By setting the statistical significance at 0.05.
     This study found that after receiving intervention, Preventive behavior of Leptospirosis among farmers at risk in the community between the group receiving the program and the group receiving normal knowledge. When analyzing and comparing the differences in behavior scores for preventing Leptospirosis among farmers at risk in the community. After joining the program. The mean scores of Leptospirosis prevention behavior between the experimental and control groups were significantly different. (p<.001) The experimental group had an average score of 46.86 (S.D.=3.48) Higher than the control group with average score 38.56 (S.D.=3.77).