Panithanang Benchapan, Srithongklang Wirangrong, Kompor Pontip, Pengsaa Prasit, Kaewpitoon Natthawut, Wakkhuwattapong Parichart, Kaewpitoon Soraya J
Parasitic Disease Research Center, Institute of Medicine, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Faculty of Public Health, Vongchavalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Email:
Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2018 Sep 26;19(9):2673-2680. doi: 10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.9.2673.
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effect of health behavior modification program in relation to knowledge, self-efficacy, expectation, and practice for liver fluke prevention among the risk group from Bueng Samrong sub-district, Kaeng Sanam Nang district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Northeast Thailand. The total of 66 participants was assigned to experimental and comparison group, 33 participants in each group, 12-weeks intervene period. The experimental group was received health behavioral modification programs based on health education, self-efficacy, motivation, social support and networking. Pre-and-post-tests were measured using predesigned questionnaires. The comparative analysis was analyzed by paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test at the 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that the experimental group had significantly greater knowledge, self-efficacy, expectation, and practice for liver fluke prevention than those in the comparison group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, this was a successful health education program for liver fluke avoidance. Participants were gained the correct knowledge and had the higher self-efficacy, expectation, and practice regrading liver fluke prevention. Therefore, it may useful for further behavior modification in the other epidemic areas.
这项准实验研究旨在探讨健康行为改变计划对泰国东北部呵叻府考艾沙玛南分区邦沙隆村风险人群肝吸虫预防知识、自我效能感、期望和实践的影响。共有66名参与者被分为实验组和对照组，每组33人，干预期为12周。实验组接受基于健康教育、自我效能感、动机、社会支持和网络的健康行为改变计划。使用预先设计的问卷进行前后测试。采用配对样本t检验和独立样本t检验进行比较分析，显著性水平为0.05。结果显示，实验组在肝吸虫预防知识、自我效能感、期望和实践方面显著高于对照组（p<0.05）。总之，这是一项成功的预防肝吸虫健康教育计划。参与者获得了正确的知识，在肝吸虫预防方面具有更高的自我效能感、期望和实践能力。因此，它可能对其他流行地区的进一步行为改变有用。
