FACTORS RELATED TO HEALTH PROMOTING BEHAVIORS AMONG VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS (VHVs) MUEANG SAMUTSAKHON DISTRICT, SAMUTSAKHON PROVINCE

Abstract

This research was Descriptive analysis, the Objectives of this study were to study health promotion behaviors among village health volunteers and to examine relationship between these health promotion behaviors and their related factors. The sample participants consisted of 195 village health volunteers selected by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed by mean, percentage, standard deviation, point biserial correlation coefficients, and Peason’s product moment correlation coefficients.
The results showed that 1) The sample was female,73.3 percent, aged 46–59 years, average 48.6 years, most were farmers, 50.2 percent and graduated from primary education school, 52.3 percent, Most do not have any underlying disease, 86.7 percent. 2) Results revealed that mean score of participants’ health promotion behaviors were at a good level (M = 64.9, SD = 6.01). Statistically significant at the .01 level. Factors significantly related to health promotion behaviors were perceived self–efficacy (r= .345, p<.001), perceived barrier of action (r= -.317, p< .001), sex (r= .301, p<.001), perceived benefits of action (r= .298, p< .001), social support (r= .274, p< .001), education (r= .131, p=.034), and duration of being village health volunteers (r= .118, p= .050).
Findings recommend that public health officials in subdistrict health promoting hospitals and related professionals should develop health promotion behaviors among village health volunteers by focus on increasing self efficiency and perceived benefits of action, and encouraging family participation in health promotion behaviors.