A Study of Dengue Fever-related Situation as Perceived by the Family Health Leaders in Saimoon District in Yasothon Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the situations of dengue fever according an awareness of the family health leaders and to compare the situation of the disease according to an awareness of the family health leaders. The samples used in the study were 226 family health leaders of Ban Saolao and Banseesuk of Tambon Doolad in Saimoon. They were derived by a simple random sampling. The research instruments consisted of a survey form and a research questionnaire whose confidence value was equivalent to 0.95. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test. The research findings were as follows :1. The family health leaders in the study had a moderate level of knowledge related to dengue fever, to perception of risks to disease, to disease severity, to expectation, to motivation and behavior in preventing disease. 2. The survey of the index of disease-carrying mosquito prevalence in the villages under study showed that CI (6.03), HI (8.41), and BI (232.74) were higher than the one established by the Ministry of Public Health. The results indicated the likelihood of dengue fever. 3. The family health leaders who were different in terms of sex, age, marital status, education, occupations, income, a monthly income and family members had no different disease perception.