Factors Influencing Community Leaders’ Participation for Prevention and Control of The Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Phanat nikhom District, Chonburi Province
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BACKGROUND: Community leaders are important in prevention and control of communicable diseases by law and in practice. Therefore, their participation for disease prevention and control should be explored.
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the factors influencing community leaders’ participation in disease prevention and control of COVID-19.
METHODS: The study samples included 264 community leaders in Phanat Nikhom District, Chonburi Province; they were randomly selected by the multi-stage random sampling. The self-administered questionnaires as the research tool contained different sections including knowledge, attitude, social support, perception of disease prevention and control. The questionnaires were verified validity and reliability by three experts. The obtained data were analyzed by not only descriptive statistics but also inferential statistics with stepwise multiple linear regression analysis.
RESULTS: Most leaders had a high level in disease prevention and control (60.2%). Attitude, perceived risk, perceived severity, perceived usefulness, resource support, social support and social expectation had statistically significant positive relation with the leaders’ participation in disease prevention and control at level 0.05. The perceived social support (β= 0.32) was the factor affecting leaders’ participation in COVID-19 prevention and control implementation at the highest level. The second highest affecting factor was the perceived social expectation (β= 0.27). Both influential factors could predict the leaders’ participation in disease prevention and control at 30.3%
CONCLUSIONS: This research was revealed that the perceived social support and social expectation were influential factors to community leaders’ participation. In order to improve the efficiency in disease prevention and control, the relevant organizations should provide activities to enhance social support and improve the perceived social expectation among community leaders.
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