A study of the Competence of Prevention and Control Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) among Village Health Volunteers (VHVs)

Abstract

This study was survey research, aimed at studying the competition for prevention and control of COVID-19 among Village Health Volunteers (VHVs), 19,737 people used stratified sampling and had 400 samples. Collected data were used a quantitative questionnaire verified by three experts with a reliability of 0.71 and qualitative questionnaires, analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, and analytical statistics to compare t-tests and contents analysis.

Finding, most of VHVs had knowledge of COVID-19 at a moderate level of 61.25% (Mean = 15.59, S.D. = 1.37, Min = 11, Max = 20), almost all of the VHVs had high skill level (99.25%) (Mean = 14.77, S.D. = 0.77, Min = 8, Max = 15). Comparison of the self-defense behavior of the VHVs in the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic with the different marital status was a statistically significant difference in knowledge of COVID-19 (t = 2.066, P = 0.040). VHVs with different working experiences was a statistically significant difference in knowledge of COVID-19 (t = -2.273, P = 0.024). VHVs with different working experiences in social roles of prevention and control of COVID-19 were significantly different (t = 2.901, P = 0.001). Conclusion of this study revealed that the VHVs have competence in the prevention and control of COVID-19 in terms of knowledge, skills, behaviors, roles, and duties and should improve VHSs' skills in soliciting for COVID-19 vaccination to increase VHV's performance.