Busaba Swaengpon. Awareness about premarital health screening of the employee in Prachinburi province . Master's Degree(Population Education). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
Awareness about premarital health screening of the employee in Prachinburi province
Abstract:
The objectives of this study are to study the awareness about premarital health
screening, to study the factors affecting the awareness about premarital health
screening of male and female employees of industrial factories in Prachinburi province.
Data were collected by questionnaires given to 400 employees. The quantitative research
was analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Data were presented by
percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance.
The results confirmed that most of the female employees had awareness about
premarital health screening in high level, while most of the male employees had a low
level. Based on statistical test, male and female employees made an insignificant
difference to the awareness about premarital health screening.The factors that affected
awareness about premarital health screening of female employees included income,
knowledge about diseases, perception information about premarital health screening
from mass media and close person. And the factors that affected awareness of male
employees included educational level, income, knowledge about diseases, perception
information about premarital health screening from mass media and close person.
This study suggests that knowledge of reproductive health, preventive of
sexual transmitted disease and hereditary disease should be provided in primary and
secondary school in order to prepare student for pre-reproductive age. Furthermore,
Ministry of Public Health should give more information about premarital health
screening by variety mass media in order to encourage the people and make them
more awareness. The Social Security Office and National Health Security Office should add
benefits about premarital health screening service for insured persons so that do not
have to pay any expenses.