A measles outbreak among the inmates in a provincial prison, Amnat Charoen Province

Abstract

This action research Focusing on the situation of measles outbreaks in prison inmates and developing measles surveillance models in prisons Amnat Charoen Province processing period between January - September 2018. Qualitative data were collected from in-depth interviews, observation, quantitative data were collected from records and screened inmates, analyzed in quantitative data with descriptive statistics, and qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis. The results showed that the outbreak of measles in prisons. There were 98 patients from the sample group, consisting of 1,731 patients with an average age of 26 years. The first patient was a male aged 25 years. Measles analysis results found

Measles genotype: Genotype D8 Logistics Regression Analysis found that sharing drinking glasses (OR 23.79, 95% CI 9.26 to 61.08), spoon sharing (OR 5.38, 95% CI 2.97 to 9.74) 2) close contact with patients (OR 2.66, 95% CI 1.61 to 4.38 statistically significant with measles outbreak in prisons. he measles surveillance system before the model development has no clear guidelines and screening tools. The measles surveillance model development has made administrators Prison nurse Public health volunteers in prisons sight the benefits of disease surveillance. The pattern of illness of the inmates Will lead to measures in the treatment plan Proper disease prevention and control.