Community engagement around scrub typhus in northern Thailand: a pilot project.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1093/trstmh/trae028

Carlo Perrone, Nipaphan Kanthawang, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Daranee Intralawan, Sue J Lee, Supalert Nedsuwan, Benjarat Fuwongsitt, Tri Wangrangsimakul, Rachel C Greer

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Abstract

Background: Scrub typhus is highly endemic in northern Thailand yet awareness and knowledge are low. We developed a community engagement project to improve awareness in communities at risk of contracting scrub typhus.

Methods: We conducted a series of engagement sessions with healthcare workers and community health volunteers so they would, in turn, engage with their communities. We evaluated our activities by assessing the increase in scrub typhus knowledge, using a series of Likert-scale items and open-ended questions. Three to 6 months after the sessions, participants were followed up to collect their experiences training community members.

Results: Of 134 participants who took part in eight sessions, 87.3% were community health volunteers. Disease knowledge increased substantially after the sessions and was well maintained for up to 5 mo. Satisfaction was high and, through participant feedback, engagement materials were improved to be more useful to the communities. People with higher education had higher scores and retention.

Conclusions: Community engagement was shown to be an effective tool to develop and carry out health-promoting activities in a culturally and context-appropriate manner.

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泰国北部恙虫病社区参与：试点项目。

背景：恙虫病在泰国北部高度流行，但人们对恙虫病的认识和了解却很低。我们开发了一个社区参与项目，以提高高危社区对恙虫病的认识：方法：我们为医护人员和社区卫生志愿者举办了一系列参与课程，以便他们反过来参与到社区活动中。我们通过一系列李克特量表项目和开放式问题来评估恙虫病知识的增长情况，从而对我们的活动进行评估。课程结束后三到六个月，我们对参与者进行了跟踪调查，以收集他们培训社区成员的经验：结果：在参加了八次培训的 134 名参与者中，87.3% 是社区卫生志愿者。参加者的满意度很高，而且通过参加者的反馈，参与材料得到了改进，对社区更加有用。受过高等教育的人得分更高，保留率也更高：事实证明，社区参与是一种有效的工具，能以适合文化和环境的方式制定和开展促进健康的活动。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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