A Study on factors affecting DHF prevention and control in secondary school

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dc.contributor.authorKitti Pramathphol; Bureau of vector - borne Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.authorSornpat Maharmart; Bureau of Vector - borne Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.authorTuangporn Srisawad; Bureau of Vector - borne Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.authorJirapat Ketkaew; Bureau of Vector - borne Diseasesen_US
dc.contributor.authorNoparat Mongkalangoon; Bureau of Vector - borne Diseasesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-21T08:29:00Z
dc.date.available2011-02-21T08:29:00Z
dc.date.created2010-02-04en_US
dc.date.issued2010-02-04en_US
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of this study were to identify the factors affecting DHF prevention and control in secondary schools. The questionnaires were designed for directors, health teachers and students in secondary schools. The questionnaires were sent to 731 schools but only 438 schools (60%) responded to send back. The results showed that the attitude of directors and health teachers to DHF prevention and control in schools was very good (79.1 % and 90.4 %, respectively). The factors include, education level, duration of working at school, duration of working as a health teacher, perception and attitude to DHF prevention, highly affect to success in DHF prevention and control in schools. In conclusion, dengue prevention programme by School base approach is an advantage implementation because of the implantation of health behavior since childhood years , and still effective in practice in both of household and the school level. The important strategy for the success is the activity creation for the school executive and experienced school health teacher to be a heir and will be supported necessary equipment supply, such as , the media education about the prevention and disease control which the students can apply to use in their life.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of the Vector - Borne Diseases; Vol. 4 No. 2 July - December 2007; 12-21en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/131312
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the Vector - Borne Diseasesen_US
dc.rightsBureau of the Vector – borne Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailanden_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/JVBD/issue/archiveen_US
dc.source.urihttps://thailand.digitaljournals.org/index.php/JVBD/article/view/212en_US
dc.titleA Study on factors affecting DHF prevention and control in secondary schoolen_US
dc.typeOriginal Articlesen_US
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