Knowledge and Behavior for control and prevention in Diarrhea Sakhrai Hospital , Nongkhai Province

Abstract

Objective: To study knowledge and behavior for control and prevention Diarrhea, Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province and To study relation between knowledge and behavior for control and prevention in Diarrhea, Sakhrai District , Nongkhai Province. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study Setting: Sakhrai Hospital Methods and Materials: The examples in this study were 406 persons in 3 sub-districts that aged 15 years old and over who lived in Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province. Study on October 1, 2019 to October 31, 2019 was selected. The instruments were 1) Personal Information of samples 2) 17 Questionnaire about knowledge and 3) Behavior for control and prevention in Diarrhea. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean and pearson’s correlation Results: The results showed that 1) The examples were knowledgeable (Mean= 0.61). 2) Scores of behavior was frequently (Mean = 2.35). And 3) Knowledge is related to behavior for control and prevention in Diarrhea (p < 0.05).