The dependence of the operation and control of dengue prevention by village health volunteers on the organization–a study undertaken at Sumsao Subdistrict, Phen district, Udon Thani province

Abstract

This research was based on cross-sectional descriptive research. Its objective was to investigate the organizational support factors influencing the operation and control of dengue prevention by village health volunteers at Samsao subdistrict, Phen district, Udon Thani province. The population of this study was 195 health volunteers and 100 subjects were drawn as the subjects of this study. Overall, the level of supports from organizations was modest with 3.68 (S.D.=0.56) on average. The performance on prevention and control was in high level with 4.05 (S.D.=0.60) on average. The organizational supports had a high level of positive relation with the subject’s performance at the statistical significance of 0.05 (r=0.765, p-value<0.001). In addition, the secondary variables that could predict the performance in prevention and control included time (p-value<0.001) and material supply (p-value<0.034) at the statistical significance, accounting for 63.40%