Association between health perception and dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention and control behavior among village health Volunteers in Tungmon Sub-district and Samud Sub-distrct, Prasat District, Surin Province

Abstract

                 This  descriptive  research  study  aimed  to  study  an  association between   health    perception   factors    and   dengue   hemorrhagic   fever prevention   and    control   behavior   among   village    health   volunteers. Population   in   this   study   consisted   of   181   Village  health  volunteers in  Tungmon  Sub-district  and  Samud  Sub-distrct ,  Prasat District ,  Surin Province. The sample size calculating used Daniel  formula for  116  cases , and  systematic  random  sampling   was  determined   for  collecting  data. Data   collected   by   questionnaires    composed   of   3   parts    including ,  characteristics  ,    health   perception  ,   and   dengue   hemorrhagic   fever prevention   and   control  behavior.   In  addition  to  check   questionnaire standardization ,  validity  was  checked by  3  experts  and  try  out  testing reliability by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha about 0.926. Data analyzed using statistical as Pearson  product  moment  correlation  coefficient.  The result showed that health perception factors had mean score with moderate level (  =  2.92 ,  S.D. =  0.27)  and  the  behavior  of  dengue  hemorrhagic   fever prevention  and  control  had  mean  score with moderate  level  (  = 2.61 , S.D. = 0.51).  An association analyzed found that ,  health perception factors was associated  with dengue  hemorrhagic   fever   prevention and  control behavior  among  village health  volunteers in  Tungmon  Sub-district  and Samud Sub-distrct, Prasat District, Surin Province, with statistic significant (r = 0.288, P-value = 0.002). Suggestion, health worker should be modifying an activity to support village health  volunteers working  continuously.