The "STEM", a science-based approach that integrates knowledge from four fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Healthcare creates Keeps model to work in close collaboration with the school, the community leaders, and local health post and hospitals for Community Health Care to control dengue fever for people in rural Communities in Thailand.
Being a severe, flu-like illness, Dengue fever is a major global health problem. In Asia, the epidemic began in the 1950s and has continued to spread as an endemic disease. The 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study of the Pandemic Prevention Institute revealed Thailand ranked no. 11 and are among the top 15 countries with dengue fever. The Department of Medical Sciences, Thai Ministry of Public Health of Thailand said dengue fever is still a major problem by Aedes mosquitoes carry.
Using the KEEPs model, this model work in close collaboration with the school, the community leaders, and local health post and hospitals, and comprises 3 steps including 1) KEEP inform, a process of training on Dengue fever basic knowledge, prevention, and control to the students and community people. 2) KEEP action, monthly exploration on mosquito breeding sites, bi-weekly elimination of mosquito sources. 3) KEEP support, to keep the program continuity by the School Health Club.
1. At least 3 students per school could act as health ambassadors on Dengue prevention and control. 2. A community mechanism on sustainable Dengue prevention and control, manual both online and offline version, Annual walking advocacy day on "No Dengue" (June 15), regular check and control of mosquito breeding grounds with acceptable indices. 3. Schools and communities have a solid plan on carrying Dengue prevention and could be a model for the project scale-up. 4. No Dengue in the community
