Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior for control and prevention in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever Sakhrai Hospital, Nongkhai Province

Abstract

Objective : 1) To study knowledge, attitude and behavior for control and prevention in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province. 2) To study relation between knowledge, attitude and behavior for control and prevention in Dengu Hemorrhagic Fever, Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province.

Design : Cross-sectional descriptive study

Setting : Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province

Methods and Materials : The examples in this study were 492 persons in 3 sub-districts that aged 15 years old and over who lived in Sakhrai District, Nongkhai Province. Study from March 1, 2019 to April 30, 2019 were selected. The instruments were 1) Personal Information of samples 2) 32 Questionnaire about knowledge, attitude and behavior for control and prevention in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. The data were analyzed using percentage, mean and pearson’s correlation

Results : The results showed that 1) Scores of knowledge was medium (Mean= 1.29). 2) Scores of attitude was medium (mean=2.22). 3) Scores of behavior was low (mean=1.22). And knowledge, attitude are not related to behavior for control and prevention in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (p < 0.05).

Recommendation : Control and prevention in dengue hemorrhagic fever should be assess the knowledge, attitude and Prevention and control DHF by community leader group in every villages in order to analyze and building the participation and concern to enhance the strrangthening of the disease prevention in the community.