Health literacy towards dengue fever prevention behavior among the population of Ban Lueak Subdistrict Photharam District Ratchaburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to study health literacy and dengue fever prevention among the population; Ban Lueak Subdistrict, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province 2) To study the behavior in preventing dengue fever among the population. Ban Lueak Subdistrict, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province 3) To study the relationship between health literacy and behavior in preventing dengue fever among the population. Ban Lueak Subdistrict, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province. The sample group was the population living in the area of ​​Ban Lueak Subdistrict, Photharam District, Ratchaburi Province. Using a ready-made program, set effect size = 0.3, α error prob. = 0.05 and power (1-β error prob.) = 0.95, resulting in a sample size of 138 people, and the researcher collected additional data. In the case of data loss of 5%, data were collected this time for a total of 145 people. The sample was drawn using a stratified random sampling method. The research instrument was a questionnaire created by the researcher, including Part 1, a general information questionnaire, Part 2, a health literacy questionnaire for dengue fever prevention, and Part 3, a dengue fever prevention behavior questionnaire. It has the characteristics of multiple choice and estimation. Statistics used in data analysis include frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Find relationships using inferential statistics, namely Pearson's correlation coefficient.

            Results :  The findings in this study revealed  that health literacy about Dengue hemorrhagic  fever prevention and control in term of knowledge and understanding , Access to health information and health services , Communication to increase health expertise , Manage your own health conditions , Media and information literacy  and Make correct choices  all of which are included in the very good level. Behaviors for preventing dengue fever were at a high level (x̄ = 4.29, S.D. 0.55) when considering each item, it was found that all items had a high level of behavior in preventing dengue fever. And the results of the relationship analysis found that health literacy is positively related to behavior in preventing dengue fever at a statistical significance of .01 with a high level of relationship (r = 0.717, P – value = 0.000)