The effects of a behavioral change program in reducing the house index of mosquito larvae in households in Phetcabun province, Thailand

• DOI: 10.47811/bhj.04
• Publication Date: 2020-12-27T07:36:58Z
• Authors: Ugyen Tshering; Kamonchanok Pooma; Kiratikarn Meksae...; Nongnooch Aiemsa-ard
• Keywords: Public Awareness for Sustainable Development; Sociology and Political Science; Immunology; Social Sciences; Nursing; FOS: Health sciences; Behavior Change Techniques; 03 medical and health sciences; Intervention (counseling); 0302 clinical medicine; Behavior change; Health Sciences; Pathology; Psychology; Global Impact of Arboviral Diseases; Applied Psychology; 2. Zero hunger; Theories of Behavior Change and Self-Regulation; FOS: Clinical medicine; R; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Dengue fever; 3. Good health; FOS: Psychology; Environmental health; Medicine

Introduction: The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study the effectiveness a behavioral change program in reducing house index mosquito Village Baan-Wangpong, Lomsak district Phetcabun province, Thailand.
 Methods: sample size experimental and control group 42 representatives household each group. Representatives sampled were tested for knowledge, perception practice prevention dengue fever before after intervention. included training on by health personnel, demonstration making repellents from local product, organising an awareness contest, broadcasting messages through media surveying households mosquitoes’ larvae.
 Results: found that most village Baan-Wangpong had low knowledge (60.4%), perceived risk severity (64.6%) (77.1%) prior program, with comparability intervention versus control. results showed intervention, significantly higher level (p=0.001), (p=0.042), (p=0.002) behavior (p=0.028) preventing than post-intervention. group’s also (p=0.001) lower post-intervention.
 Conclusions: This suggests proactive about perceptions behaviors support public personnel community participation, can positively behavior, resulting larva.