การดำเนินงานป้องกันควบคุมการระบาดของโรคไข้เลือดออกโดยอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขและวิธีปฏิบัติตนเพื่อป้องกันโรคไข้เลือดออกของประชาชน ตำบลบงตัน อำเภอดอยเต่า จังหวัดเชียงใหม่

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study the effectiveness of the preventing measure of Dengue fever outbreaks by public health volunteers and the implementation of their population in Tambon Bong Ton, Doi Tao district, Chiang Mai province. This study is a descriptive study using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Of the 140 public health volunteers, there were mostly female at the age between 31-40 years old and have been volunteered for 6 - 10 years. Eighty nine percent of them have intermediate knowledge in preventing of Dengue fever. Half of the volunteers involved in this study did not have the correct understanding in controlling the mosquito number by getting rid of theirs larva using temephos (Abate Sand®), recognizing Dengue fever symptoms and medication precautions in children. The Dengue fever preventing operation by public health volunteer had been performed at intermediated level. There were 95 percent of the volunteers that had never used chemical spray for mosquito adulticide in public areas, and around household. Sixty eight percent of the volunteers had never used chemical fumigation method for the adulticide.

Among 310 members of Tambon Bong Ton, only 30 percent were aware of mosquitoes as vectors of Dengue fever. Most of them did not perform the Dengue fever prevention, such as keeping their household clean, emptying stagnant water from flower pots, old tires or trash can around the houses. Using the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, there was a significant intermediate correlation (r = 0.556; p-value <0.001) between prevent/control of Dengue fever by public health volunteers and their behavior in case of the disease outbreak. There was a significantly low correlation (r=0.144; p=value < 0.011) between the knowledge in Dengue fever of Tambon Bong Ton’s population and their disease prevention behavior. We conclude that the Dengue fever prevention operation of the public health volunteers and behavior of Tambon Bong Ton’s members in prevention and control of Dengue fever in this community was in the intermediate to low level. Therefore, the continuous support from the government organizations in promoting the awareness of Dengue fever prevention and control in Tambon Bong Ton, Doi Tao district, Chiang Mai province is crucial in controlling the Dengue fever outbreak in this community.