Health literacy associated with Practice of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Prevention in Laluad Subdistrict, Chamni Dustrict, Burirum Province.

Abstract

              Dengue  fever  is  a mosquito-borne  tropical  disease caused by the dengue  virus.  Dengue is a major global  health concern.  The incidence of dengue  has  grown   dramatically  around  the  world  in  recent   decades. Prevent dengue by avoiding mosquito bites. Health literacy is one factor to promote  and  maintain  health  but  has  not  study  health  literacy  about  DENGUE   hemorrhagic  FEVER  in  Burirum  Province.    To   study   Health Literacy   associated    with    Practice    of    Dengue    Hemorrhagic    Fever    Prevention.   A   survey   study  was  conducted  in  Burirum  Province,  in  2019.   The  data was  collected   by  using   self-contained   questionnaires.  The  351  samples  of   the   population   aged   15–59   years.  Demographic  data   were   summarized  using   descriptive   statistics including average, percentage   and   standard   deviation.    The  data  were  analyzed   using Pearson  correlation  coefficients.

              The majority  was females 69.2 % , most of them 33.6% were in the age  group of  48-59  years , were married status 70.7% , have  education in the primary 43.0 % , labor Occupation 61.3% and average monthly income is  way  less  than  5,000  baht  per a month  54.1%.  The study about health literacy  shows  that  61.2%  had  cognitive  skills in  low  level ,  47.9%  had access  skills  in  low  level , 62.7 % had communication  skills in low level ,  49.0 %  had  decision  skills in low level ,  49.3% had self-management skills in high level and  64.7%  had media literacy skills in low level. In additions, health behavior about Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Prevention in moderate level  is   46.4%.   That   the  factors   that  were   statistically   significant  in association   with   Practice   of   Dengue   Hemorrhagic  Fever   Prevention included   low   level  of   cognitive   skills ,   low   level  of  access   skills  in  low  level ,  low  level  of   communication   skills ,  high   self-management  skill  and  low  level  of   media  literacy  skills ,  statistically   significant  at  the  0.01 level.