Behavior risk to Dengue hemorrhagic fever of hte people living in Bangkok Metropolis

Behavior risk to Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) of the 2005 people living in Bangkok Metropolis was studies by cross – sectional. Samples were randomly recruited in the studies and interviewed by questionnaire. The results revealed that most of the studied samples (83.5%) had moderate knowledge on DHF prevention. More than half of the samples had inadequacy in the correct preventive behavior to DHF. Only 47% had complete and appropriate behavior in the getting rid of Aedes mosquito vector, 77.9% received information on the DHF prevention via television. It was also shown in this study that propagation on the DHF prevention through various kinds of media in the past had not much impact on the preventive behavior of the people living in Bangkok Metropolis. Effective media should be considered in the future propagation.