RELATIONSHIP OF HEALTH LITERACY AND SELF-PREVENTION BEHAVIORS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 INFECTION OF VILLAGE HEALTH RELATIONSHIP OF HEALTH LITERACY AND SELF-PREVENTION BEHAVIORS FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 INFECTION OF VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTE
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Health Literacy, Self-Prevention Behavior, Coronavirus Diseases 2019, Village Health VolunteersAbstract
A cross-sectional study was used to perform this research. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between health literacy and self-prevention practices against coronavirus disease among 300 village health volunteers in Mae Chai District, Phayao Province, using a multistage sampling approach.Data was collected via questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to analyze.
According to the study's findings, village public health volunteers were 84.7 percent female, 64.7 percent between the ages of 41 and 60, 80.7 percent married. 56.3 percent had secondary education or equivalent. 75.3 percent had a family average monthly income of fewer than 10,000 baht. 42.7 percent had a period of service of fewer than 10 years. 81.7 percent had received training, and 96.3 percent had received news from online media. Overall, health literacy was shown to be positively related to COVID-19 self-prevention behaviors (r = 0.355). Furthermore, access to information and health services, self-management, communication, media literacy, and decision-making were all found to be positively correlated with COVID-19 self-prevention behaviors (p-value 0.001). As a result, community-based public health organizations should emphasize the promotion of health literacy so that village health volunteers can practice safe practices and prevent occupational infection.
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