Village health volunteer’s readiness in controlling and taking care of tuberculosis patients by directly observed therapy short – course in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

          The objectives of this descriptive study are to examine the village health volunteer’s readiness in controlling and taking care of tuberculosis patients by directly observed therapy short-course and to determine the association of the characteristic, The relationship between tubedulosis acknowledgement and readiness of village health volunteer in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. One hundred and twenty three samples from village health volunteers who had been working at least one yare. The data were collected by using questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Chi square and Pearson’s product moment correlation were performed for data analysis. The study showed that the village health volunteers readiness mostly in high 59.30% level and the rest of them was in moderate level. The analysis of readiness founded that mostly of village health volunteers pleased to find tubedulosis patients and their family a job to gain their income. Their suggestion on supportive environment for tubedulosis patients and their family was high at 98.4 and 92.7 respectively. Regarding the association, it was found that gender, income, having been trained and knowledge about tubedulosis wee significantly associated with readiness (p<0.05). The characterizes of village health volunteers who had high level of readiness were as follow: female, low income, having been trained about tuberculosis and having high knowledge level. The readiness, however, was not associated with age, status, education level and duration of being village health volunteer. The result of this study indicated that village health volunteers in Chiang Dao district Chiang Mai province had high level of readiness for responsible tuberculosis patients. However the officials who responsible should emphasize on continuous monitoring and evaluation in order that village health volunteers will work efficiently in this regard.