Abstract
The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to determine the factors influencing
village health volunteers’ performance in the prevention and control of dengue hemorrhagic
fever in Phisalee district, Nakhon Sawan Province. The participants consisted of
303 village health volunteers in that district, who were studied from July 1 to August 31,
2007. A questionnaire was used for collecting information and the data were analyzed by Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. The
findings disclosed significant relationships between the village health volunteers’ performance
and the following factors, i.e., their income, experience with motivational and
supporting factors. These four factors had a 46.7 percent power of prediction. Therefore,
public health offices should pay attention to and continue the development of public
health volunteers. This should be done through motivational training that promotes sustainable
performance and organization loyalty. In addition, the public health offices should
provide sufficient public health resources for the prevention and control of dengue hemorrhagic
fever. Future studies might focus on the effectiveness model of village health
volunteer performance in preventing the occurrence of dengue hemorrhagic fever cases
in villages.
