The effects of health promotion program applying the theory of health believe model on household infectious waste collection behavior of bedridden caregivers in Buengkok sub district, Bang Rakam district, Phitsanulok province
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2022.76Keywords:
health belief model, infectious waste, sorting infectious waste, sorting infectious waste behaviorAbstract
This research was quasi-experimental research, which was conducted through two group pretest-posttest design to investigate the different behavior between experimental group and control group. The objective of this research was to examine the effects of health promotion program by applying health belief model on household infectious waste sorting behavior among 60 bedridden caregivers in Buengkok Sub-district, Bang Rakam District, Phitsanulok Province. The training was organized for educating the experimental group about health promotion program and brainstorming to determine ways for infectious waste sorting. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument to collect data from the experimental group (n=30) and the control group (n=30). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including paired t-test and independent t-test with a 95% confidence level. The major findings indicated that after participating in the program, a mean score on infectious waste separation behavior of the experimental group was higher than that before implementing the program and was higher compared to the control group with a statistical significance (p-value < 0.0001).
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