Effects of the Herbal Joss Strick by Using Saabseua and Community Participation to Reduce the Incidence Rate of Dengue Fever in the Suburban Area of Thailand: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Suburban areas are lower density areas that separate residential and commercial areas from one another. They are either part of a city or urban area, or exist as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, principally Aedes Aegypti. The objective of this study was to evaluated the herbal joss strick by using Saabseua and community participation to reduce the incidence rate of dengue fever in the suburban Area of Thailand before and after 2-weeks intervention program. This is a one-group design of Quasi-experimental study. The 35 samples who were lived in the suburban area of Thailand and participated with the intervention program by voluntary. All of the participants were measured the knowledge and attitude about dengue fever, the house index (HI) of larval indicators and the incidence rate of dengue fever. The Shapiro–Wilk test was used to test of normality in all of variables and the paired-sample t-test was used for comparison before and after 2-weeks intervention program within the group. The results showed that the knowledge and attitude about dengue fever were increased significantly after 2-weeks intervention program (p<0.001). Beyond, the HI and the incidence rate of dengue fever were decreased significantly after 2-weeks intervention program (p<0.001). The finding suggests that the healthcare provider should apply to implement the herbal joss strick by using Saabseua and community participation to prevent and control the dengue fever problem in the suburban area of Thailand.