EFFECTS OF SHORT COURSE TRAINING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF ELDERLY CARE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEERS SAM PHRAO SUB DISTRICT UDON THANI PROVINCE
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Short course training program, Community health volunteers, Elderly careAbstract
This research was a quasi-experimental one-group study. Test before and after (one group pre-posttest design) to study the effect of short course training on Knowledge and Skills in caring for the elderly among 30 village health volunteers living in Sam Phrao Sub district, Udon Thani Province. The knowledge assessment questionnaire on health care of the elderly and the health care skills assessment form was used before and after the short course training by adjusting from the 70-hours caregiver training course the manual Guidelines of the Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health and referring to Tyler's Curriculum Development Theory (Tyler, 1949). The study found that the average score of skills assessments in caring for the elderly of village health volunteers was 48.93 points, 50 percent pass from the criteria of 25 points and 100 percent of village health volunteers passed after attending the short-term training, and the mean score of knowledge in elderly care after joining the short course training more than before the short-course training Statistical significance (p < .001)
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