EFFECTS OF A HEALTH LITERACY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM ON TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY AMONG VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS
Keywords:
health literacy, tuberculosis prevention, village health volunteersAbstract
This quasi-experimental study aimed to study the effectiveness of the development program on health literacy and behaviors on tuberculosis prevention in the community among village health volunteers. A purposive random sampling was conducted to obtain 30 village health volunteers in the Nanad sub-district, Thatphanom district, Nakornphanom province. The research tools consisted of the development program on health literacy and behaviors on tuberculosis and the handbook on pulmonary tuberculosis and prevention. The study periods were 4 weeks. Data were collected by questionnaire. The data were analyzed in frequency, percentage, and paired sample t-test. The study result showed that 90.00% of participants were female, and 73.33% had over the age between 41-50 years. 86.66% of participants had primary education. The mean score on the post-test of health literacy and the knowledge of tuberculosis prevention in the community was different from pre-test statistically significant (p =0.01)
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