The Development of Model for Prevention and Control of Dengue Fever in the Community, Makhuea Chae Sub-District, Mueang Lamphun District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

This study was an Action Research. The purposes of the study were 1) to develop the prevention model of dengue fever in the communities, and 2) to study the effect of the developed model. The A-I-C (Appreciation Influence Control) approach was used for developing the model, which the stakeholders included 42 Village Health Volunteers, one personnel of the local government organization, and five public health workers of Makhuea Chae Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital. The data were analyzed by using the descriptive statistics, chi-square and relative risk (RR).

It was found that the developed model had a three phases: 1) pre-pathogenesis phases, 2) pathogenesis phases, and 3) post-pathogenesis phases. The model had the activities linking the three organizations: 1) the village health volunteer network, 2) the sub-district health promoting hospital, and 3) the local administration organization. The specified activities were conducted to meet the expectation of the developed model: 1) to educate the people in the communities and encourage them to cooperate in the surveillance practices, preventions and controls of the disease, 2) to have good and quick coordination, and 3) to obtain the continuous evaluation system. It was also found that the model had the statistically significant relationship with the pathogenesis of the dengue fever in Makhuea Chae Sub-District at 0.05 level (P-Value < 0.002).