2019 年 10 巻 1 号 p. 17-21
Liver fluke disease (henceforth LFD) in North-East region community remains the significant public health problem in Thailand. It is necessary to carry out disease measures to establish a good prevention practice for ordinary people to reduce the incidence of LFD and cholangiocarcinoma. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of the Liver Fluke Prevention Behaviors Program (henceforth LFPBP). The study samples included 108 ordinary people from Tao-Ngoi District, Sakon Nakhon Province. The samples were randomly selected into the experimental and the control group. There were 54 people in each group equally. The experimental group received the LFPBP designed by the researcher. The questionnaire was used to collect data. Percentage, mean, standard deviation, independent t-test and paired t-test were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the experimental group had higher perceived susceptibility of LFD, perceived severity of the LFD, benefits of liver fluke prevention behaviours, cues to action of liver fluke prevention behaviours and self-efficacy on practising liver fluke prevention behaviours than before participating in the program. Also, it showed that the experimental group has statistical significance (.05) than those in the control group. On the other hand, after participating in the program, the subjects in the experimental group reduced the perceived barrier of the liver fluke prevention behaviours than the baseline and then those in the control group at a .05 statistical significance level. In conclusion, the Liver Fluke Prevention Behaviors Program is effective. The local organization in the North-East region, who face with LFD and the cholangiocarcinoma can implement the program in their provinces, in order to promote liver fluke prevention behaviours to the ordinary people.
