Factors affecting the performance of disease prevention and control roles Dengue fever among public health volunteers In the repeated outbreak area, Bueng Phra Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province

Abstract

Abstract

Cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study either selected factors association or jointly predict factor effected to the role performance in dengue prevention and control among village health volunteers in recurrent outbreak areas in Bueng Phra Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province. Population was 214 village health volunteer in Bueng Phra Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province, in 2024 fiscal year and the sample size calculating used Daniel formula for 160 cases, and systematic random sampling was determining. Data collected by questionnaires composed of; characteristic, knowledge of denque hemorrhagic fever, health perception, resources for preventing denque hemorrhagic fever, social support, role performance in dengue prevention and control among village health volunteers. In addition to, validity was checked by 3 experts and try out testing reliability by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha and KR-20 about 0.95, an association analysis used Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. The result showed that knowledge of denque hemorrhagic fever with high level (49.38%), health perception with high level (84.38%), resources for preventing denque hemorrhagic fever with high level (89.38%), social support had mean score (85.62%), role performance in dengue prevention and control among village health volunteers with high level (90.62%), respectively. An association analyzed found that factors associated with the role performance in dengue prevention and control among village health volunteers with statistic significant at 0.05 level, including; knowledge of denque hemorrhagic fever (r=0.196, P-value=0.016) health perception (r=0.334, P-value<0.001) resources for preventing denque hemorrhagic fever(r=0.585, P-value<0.001) social support (r=0.559, P-value<0.001),  respectively. Factors Affecting the Role Performance in Dengue Prevention and control among village health volunteers in recurrent outbreak areas in Bueng Phra Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province. Prediction model analyzed reported that factor effecting to the role performance in dengue prevention and control among village health volunteers in recurrent outbreak areas in Bueng Phra Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phitsanulok Province including, health worker suggestion (P-value<0.001), campaign activities (P-value<0.001), perceived benefit (P-value=0.020), respectively. All predicting factors accounted for 39.5 (R² =0.395).