THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY BASED DENGUE FEVER SURVEILLANCE MODEL IN SAMUTSONGKHRAM PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this research article were to develop a surveillance model for dengue fever, to analyze the situation and factors related to model development and to try and evaluate the developed dengue surveillance model. Research was conducted in 3 phases: Phase 1: Problem Diagnosis, by collecting data from 270 samples; Phase 2: Model Development, by 12 health partner members; and Phase 3: Model Testing and Evaluation, with 40 samples for 12 weeks. The 12-week-Activity Plan was emphasized on surveillance activities on vectors, environment, and disease, with the full participation of the health network members. Data collection was done by using a set of questionnaires on “Perceptions about dengue hemorrhagic fever” and “Dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention behaviors” and HI and CI survey forms. Data analysis was done by using descriptive statistics and t-test.

          The result showed that the Model on Community-Based Dengue Fever Surveillance developed was effective in changing perceptions about dengue hemorrhagic fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever prevention behaviors, house index (HI) and container index (CI) of the sampled people. The members of the health partners expressed their high level of satisfaction about the model developed (=4.58, S.D.=3.72). It was recommended that the community-based dengue fever surveillance, prevention, and control model developed should be used in other rural areas and networks members competencies should be continuously developed.