PERFORMANCE PROMOTES DESIRABLE HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN THE WORKING-AGE POPULATION IN HEALTH AREA 7

Abstract

     This research was action research aimed to evaluating the effectiveness of the desirable health behaviors promotion in working age population in our Public Health Region, pre-post test implementation. The population is the working age group, from 15 to 59 years old who is living in our Public Health Region. The 7, 480 people sample was studied from December 1^st 2021 to July 31^st 2022. Data was collected by health behavior, knowledge, and environmental factors questionnaires from the Thailand Health Department. Data were analyzed by numbers, percentages, averages, standard deviation, Chi-Square and paired t – test used to determine the level of significance with 0.05
     Results: 1) Health condition improvements were found: after the project implementation, the sample had a significant at 0.05 level decrease in waist circumference and average body mass index with p < 0.05 2) Desirable Health Behaviors in 4 dimensions increased from 33.5% before the project to 40.8% with a statistical significance at 0.05 level (p < 0.05)