Factors Related to Prevention Behavior for Communicable Disease in The Air Technical Students

Abstract

Objective : This descriptive research aims to study the prevention behavior for communicable disease and relating factors including knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits, preceived barriers and perceived self-efficacy.

Material and Methods : Cluster random participants were 164 air technical students.  Data were collected by questionnaires.  Statistical analysis used descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlations coefficient and stepwise multiple regression.

Results :  The results revealed that knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits and perceived self-efficacy were in good level but the perceived barriers were in moderate.  Knowledge, perceived susceptibility, perceived benefits and perceived self0efficacy had significant positive relationship with prevention behavior for communicable disease. (r = .196, .314, .400 and .349, p < .01) but perceived barriers had significant negative relationship with prevention behavior for communicable disease. (r = -.286, p < .01).  Furthermore, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and perceived self-efficacy were able to predict prevention behavior for communicable disease 30.4 % (R2 = 0.304,         p < .001)