Effectiveness of a Health Promoting Behavior Program for Hypertension Risk Group at Nam Ang Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Tron District, Uttaradit Province

Abstract

Abstract

This Quasi-experimental was one-group pretest-posttest design aimed to study the effectiveness of health promoting behavior program among hypertension risk group. The sample size consisted of 30 cases of hypertension risk group at Nam Ang Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital. This health promoting behavior program was developed based on the result findings from the first phase of research, association factors with statistic significantly (P-value<0.05) including 1) health information communication 2) decision-making in health practices. The 6 activities were applied health literacy by Nutbeam theory (2000) including; 1) enhancing knowledge and understanding of hypertension 2) health promoting behaviors based on the 3E.2S principle 3) accessing health information and utilizing information technology 4) developing health communication skills 5) strengthening decision-making skills in health matters 6) knowledge-sharing forums. Duration time 4 months for experimental and data collected by questionnaire, and analyzed using the independent t-test. The results indicated a statistically significant increase in mean scores after the intervention compared to pre-intervention in both health literacy (P-value < 0.001) and health behaviors (P-value < 0.001). Additionally, both systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels significantly decreased after the intervention (P-value<0.001, P-Value<0.001)