The relationships between personal factors and health literacy in stroke prevention of village health volunteers in Bang Kyuai District, Nonthaburi Province
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Background: Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) are a group of key health personnel to promote health in the community. VHVs should have health literacy to provide health information to the public and change health behaviors.
Objective: To investigate the relationship between personal factors and health literacy in stroke prevention among VHVs in Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi.
Methods: A correlational research study was conducted with a sample of 219 VHVs in a
health-promoting hospital in Bang Kruai District, Nonthaburi, using multistage sampling. The research instruments consisted of 1) personal factors questionnaire and 2) health literacy according to the concept of the Division of Health Education, Ministry of Public Health. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square.
Results: The results showed that 1) the mean score for general health literacy in stroke prevention was 90.79 (SD=10.98), which corresponds to an intermediate level. The average score for each aspect: decision making, access to information, media literacy, self-management, and data communication, but cognition, was low. 2) The relationship between personal factors and health literacy in stroke prevention showed that marital status and occupation were significantly associated with health literacy in stroke prevention (χ2=10.741,
p <.05) and (χ2=20.432, p <.05), respectively.
Conclusions: Community nurses and health workers were able to use the data to organize VHVs in community activities and stroke prevention according to the level of health literacy in stroke prevention.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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