The Comparative Study of Community Participation in Prevention and Control of Dengue between the Repetitive Area and Non Occurring Area Sukhothai Province 2005

Abstract

               Dengue haemorrhagic fever can be activity participation of community in prevention and control. The objective for The purposes were to study the characteristic of household, source of getting information activity participation and cooperation of prevention and control of dengue and compare the activity participation of community in prevention and control of dengue between dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area. Methodology, the sample sizes are used in this research are the population who live in Tambon A and the population live in Tambon B Sukhothai Province. The total number of household is 312 household by simple random sampling. The instruments use in the research are questionnaire by rating scale. The analysis are composed of the analysis by percentage mean and standard deviation and T-test. Findings, There are no difference between the general characteristic of community in term of population occupation, education household and environment in the house between dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area. Source of getting information in the dengue repetitive area is in little level but the area of non dengue occurrent area is in middle level. The cooperation of meeting and comparing of dengue in repetitive area is 66 %. The comparing of dengue is 67.9 %. The cooperation of meeting and comparing of dengue in non dengue occurrent area is 71 %. The cooperation of comparing is 76.3 %.When compare the participation of decision in prevention and controlling of dengue between dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area, it is statistical significant at 0.05 level (p-value = .0001). When compare the participation performance practice prevention and controlling of dengue between dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area, it is not statistical (p-value = 0.055).When compare the participation of getting the benefit of prevention and controlling. The dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area, it is statistical significant at 0.05 level (p-value = .0001).When compare the participation evaluation of prevention and controlling of dengue between dengue repetitive area and non dengue occurrent area, it is statistical significant at 0.05 level (p-value < .0001).So we should strengthening community by using comparative process to solve the problem and promote prevention and control by physical and biological method especially by using community wisdom.