Health literacy and roles of village health volunteers In chronic diseases prevention, Huahin District, Prachuap Khiri khan Province

Abstract

          This cross-sectional research aimed to study the level of analyzing association between health literacy and role of village health volunteer in chronic disease prevention and relating to analyzing association between health literacy and role of village health volunteer in chronic disease prevention, four hundred and one village health volunteers in Huahin district, Prachuapkhirikhan province stratified random sampling. Research instruments: 1) Personal data 2) Health knowledge data 3) The role of village health volunteers in preventing chronic diseases, by 3 experts. The data was descriptive statistics and Chi-square test.
         The results show that village health volunteers had mean scores that were at a high level in accessing health information and health service (𝑥̅ = 3.96, SD = 0.53), cognitive health regarding the chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 0.82, SD = 0.17) and decision skill in chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 3.83, SD = 0.60). The results show that village health volunteer had mean scores was at moderate level in communication skills to enhance the chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 3.63, SD = 0.52), media literacy for chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 3.38, SD = 0.69), self-management for health condition for chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 3.54, SD = 0.53), village health volunteer was at high level in chronic disease prevention (𝑥̅ = 3.54, SD = 0.53) and the results show significant associations between health literacy and role of village health volunteer in chronic disease prevention scores (r = .564, p < .05).