Development health literacy in Covid-19 prevention among village health volunteers in BuengKan Province

Abstract

COVID-19 is a contagious disease caused by the corona virus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it has raised the level of COVID-19 as a pandemic disease. Epidemic spreading all over the world causing the morbidity and death rate to increase significantly According to the World Health Organization report on July 21, 2020, 14,562,550 people were infected with COVID-19 worldwide, with 607,781 deaths, while in Thailand, 3,255 people were infected with 58 deaths. Reports from BuengKan Province, found that There were cumulative cases in May-July 2021, 32 cases, 45 cases and 346 cases, respectively, and there is a tendency to increase steadily.

This research aimed to study the results of health literacy development to prevent COVID-19 disease. Amongs village health volunteers (VHV.) in BuengKan Province. Usings a four-step action research model based on the ideas of Kemmis and McTaggart.

Results showed that VHV got overall level of health literacy level and the mean scores for proficiency in preventing COVID-19 disease higher than before (p-value < 0.05).

This research also found that village health volunteers (VHV.) can access information on COVID-19 prevention, resulting in understanding of COVID-19 prevention. resulting in a high level of overall health literacy.