Development of a Prevention and Control of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Model with Community Participation, Mahasarakham Province

บทคัดย่อ

The prevention and control of dengue fever in a community requires the implantation of measures appropriate to the affected community. This research aspired to develop a model of a community wide prevention and control program with the participation of community members in Khok Phra Sub-district, Kantarawichai dictrict, Mahasarakham province. The participants included community leaders, volunteer members of the district administrative organization, and the village leaders. Analysis used descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, and the paired t-test determined the level of significance (p<0.05).
The results showed that the process used to develop the model for prevention and control of dengue fever in a community consists of nine steps: 1.study the area, 2.data collection and analysis, 3.joint planning solutions, 4.put the plan into practice, 5.observe the performance, 6.follow the activities, 7.organize lessons, 8.summarize key success factors, 9.evaluate the implementation of such a program. The partisipants have has knowledge change, practice and participation. The difference between before and after was at a statistical singnificance of (p<0.05).