The Effects Of Health Literacy Enhancement Program According To 2 Aor. Principles On Health Literacy, Health Behavior And Blood Sugar Level Of People With Type 2 Pre-Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research, one group pretest posttest design, aimed to study the effect of a health education program for enhancing health literacy according to the 2 Aor. principles on health literacy, health behavior and blood sugar levels in the risk group for type 2 diabetes. The sample was people aged 35-59 were screened for diabetes and had a blood sugar level ranging from 100-125 mg/dL, 34 subjects, and they were selected by purposive sampling. The research instrument was a health education program for enhancing health literacy in accordance with the principles of 2 Aor. of the Division of Health Education, Ministry of Health and the questionnaire about health literacy and health behaviors according to the principle of 2 Aor. (food and exercise). Content validity = .80 Cronbach's alpha co-efficiency was .96. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and paired t-test. The results found that after receiving the program; people at risk of diabetes had statistically significant higher mean scores of health literacy than before receiving the program. (p<.05) And they had statistically significant higher mean score on health behaviors than before receiving the program (p<.05). Moreover, it was found that people at risk of diabetes had statistically significant decrease in blood sugar level than before receiving the program (p<.05).