Development of Health literacy and health behavior of village health volunteers (VHVs) regarding communicable and non-communicable diseases in Ban Muang Subdistrict, Ban Dung District, Udon Thani Province

Abstract

     The purpose of this Quasi Experimental Research: A single-group study measuring results before and after One Group Pretest-Posttest Design to evaluate the health literacy and health behavioral development model of communicable and non-communicable diseases among village health volunteers. In Ban Muang Subdistrict, Ban Dung District, Udonthani Province.The sample was public health volunteers. In Ban Dung District, Udonthani Province,82 people randomly selected a list of public health volunteers to represent the sample using a systematic randomization method. Conduct experiments by providing the target audience with educational activities and practical exercises, including 12 Weeks. Data were collected using questionnaires and data were analyzed using statistics of percentage, mean, standard deviation. Analyze the difference in values using the Independent Paired t-test, determining the statistical significance level at the level of 0.05.
     The result of the study found that Female 56.10%, average age 55.87 years (Min=20 years,Max=84years,S.D.=10.8541)Marital status 80.50%,primary school education 37%. Occupation: Agriculture,75.60 percent,average income 7,148 baht/month(Min=1,200baht, Max=50,000 baht, S.D.= 6,881.16), average duration of being a village health volunteer is 19.82 years, with more than 30 years of being a village health volunteer, 30.49 percent (Min =1 year, Max=46 years, S.D.= 11.92) The overall level of health literacy is at a good level. (X=22.3,S.D=3.06) The overall level of health behavior is at a fair level. (X=6.41,S.D.=5.05) After participating in the model for developing health literacy and health behavior regarding communicable and non-communicable diseases of village health volunteers (VHVs), it was found that there was an average score of Health knowledge and the average score in health behavior was significantly better than before entering the program (p-value<0.05), except for smoking behavior.