The Factors Related to COVID-19 Prevention and Control Behaviors among Village Health Volunteers in Pathum Thani Province
Keywords:
prevention and control, covid-19, health volunteerAbstract
This descriptive correlational research aimed to study disease prevention and control behaviors related to COVID-19 and describe the relationship of gender, educational level, work experience, knowledge of disease prevention and control, perceived severity of disease, perceived self-efficacy for disease prevention and control, social support, and perceptions of the disease prevention and control operations policy regarding disease prevention and control behaviors. The framework is based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model. The sample consisted of 116 village health volunteers (VHVs) from four subdistricts working in Pathum Thani Province who were selected using multi-stage sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires on the following: personal data; perceived severity of COVID-19; perceived self-efficacy for COVID-19 prevention and control; social support; perceptions of COVID-19 prevention and control operations policy; and COVID-19 prevention and control behaviors. The content validity index for these items was 0.82, 1, 1, 0.97 and 1, respectively. The reliability of the instruments, as measured by Cronbach’s alpha, was 0.74, 0.82, 0.84, 0.83, and 0.90, respectively. Regarding knowledge about the prevention and control of COVID-19, the content validity index was 0.88. The reliability KR-20 was 0.75. Data were analyzed using point biserial correlation and Spearman’s correlation statistics.
The results revealed that the average score for disease prevention and control behaviors was rated as high (Mean = 26.72, SD = 4.50), and factors related to disease prevention and control behaviors were statistically significant, including work experience (rs = .257, p < .01), perceived self-efficacy for the prevention and control of disease (rs = .580, p < .01), perceived severity of disease (rs = .455, p < .01), perceptions of the disease prevention and control operations policy (rs = .709, p < .01) and social support, consisting of emotional support, appraisal support, information support, and instrument support (rs = .587, p < .01).
In summary, community nurses can use factors such as perceived self-efficacy for the prevention and control of disease, reduce perceived severity of disease, improve perceptions of disease prevention and control operations policy, and develop social support into a program to promote COVID-19 prevention and control behaviors among village health volunteers in the community
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