Abstract
A cross-sectional study was applied to assess the effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention and control measures in different kinds of schools (public schools, private schools, day care center, foreign language teaching schools, and religion teaching schools) located in border areas of Mae Fah Luang, Mae Chan, Mae Suai, Mae Sai, Muang, Wiang Pa Pao, and Chiang Saen Districts, Chiang rai Province. The study population were school directors, teachers, caregivers, students, and their parents. Validated questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to test the associations at the α = 0.05. A total of 2,240 participants were recruited into the study. Among 168 school directors, 50.50% were female, and working at the schools that belonged to the Office of the Basic Education Commission. Majority of teachers and caregivers were female (84.13%). While 66.18% of parents were female, and 21.75% were Akha. While 57.55% of students were female. 64.57% of primary schools and 64.29% of high schools were detected in the level of “pass but required improvement” according to the standard protocol of COVID-19 prevention and control measures which was able to operate their schools. While 78.29% of day care centers were detected in the level of “non-pass the safety level and could not operate their schools”. A large proportion of parents (97.43%), 93.81% of all primary schools, 92.86% of high schools followed the national COVID-19 prevention and control procedures to an excellent level. The size of day care centers and school, and types of administration departments were associated with the effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention and control of organization level significantly. Parents’ knowledge and practices related to disease control were associated with the effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention and control of organization level significantly. In implementation for COVID-19 prevention and control, it needs to focus on the size and their administration departments of schools including knowledge and practice in COVID-19 prevention and control of parents.
