Evaluation of Standard for Prevention and Control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Provincial Level, 2008

Abstract

 A descriptive study aimed to evaluate the result of standard prevention and control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in high risk area of 26 provinces of Thailand, in 2008.
This study determined the provinces that would be able to administer following the modules of prevention and control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Two modules have been used for evaluation first, the standard for control measure of outbreak consist of case notification in time and entirety of index case investigation and second, the module of vector control measure consist of preparedness of control team, control of pestilent area in time and control of epidemic area inclusively.

The results of evaluation indicated that the percentage of provinces gave good results 15.38 percent whereas 84.62 percent gave the excellent results showing most of
the provinces administered following the module of prevention and control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Some provinces gave a result in moderate level and improvement level. Nevertheless, there was only one indicator showing many provinces had to be improved in the module of control epidemic area inclusively which gave result 30.77 percent. However, there was no significantly difference between the result of evaluation of standard for prevention and control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in provincial level and decreasing of incidence rate of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever by using chi-square test (p = 0.464).

The evaluation of standard for prevention and control of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in provincial level was the important tool and necessary for stimulation of the public health officers in order to improve their works and the current indicators were suitable for dengue prevention and control in provincial level.