The Effects of Health Literacy Development Program and Behaviors of among village health, Pa Daet District Chiangrai Province.

Abstract

         Non-communicable diseases are an important public health problem in every area. The main cause is behavior and adverse health Especially the 3O2S risky behaviors (exercise behavior, food, emotions, smoking and alcohol). The situation of Pa Daet District, Chiang Rai Province in 2022 found new diabetic patients who were Received confirmatory examination of 37 people, accounting for 29.37 percent, and found new patients with high blood pressure from follow-up for diagnosis, accounting for 14 people, accounting for 14.65 percent. Village health are important people in primary health care and they are the mainstay of promoting public health. Therefore, the researcher is interested in studying this project for village health have appropriate health behavior and health literacy.

         This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of health education program for Health Literacy and Health Behaviors among village health in area of Pa Daet District Chiangrai Province. The sample was 72 village health in area of Pa Daet District Chiangrai Province. The sample was divided into 36 people of experimental group and 36 people of comparison group. The selection of the sample used Simple random sampling. The experimental group received the health education program which applied based on Self-Efficacy Theory Concept for 8 weeks. Statistical analysis was performed using frequency, percentage, mean scores, standard deviation, Paired Sample T-Test and Independent Sample T-Test.

         The results showed that, after the experiment, in the experimental group, the mean scores of Health Literacy and Health Behaviors were found statistically significant differences from before experiment and higher than the comparison group at the 0.05 level.