The effect of health literacy program on weight control behaviors of primary school students in Phetchaburi province
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Background: Overweight and obesity among school-aged children remains an urgent public health problem that needs to be addressed. A health literacy program is one method to help educate school-aged children on weight control behaviors.
Objectives: To evaluate the health literacy program in terms of weight control behaviors.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental research study using atwo group pretest –posttest design. The samples involved 104 primary school students. They were divided into the 52-member experimental group and 52-member control group. The research tools were a health literacy program and digital weight scale. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, health literacy questionnaire, weight control behaviors questionnaire and weighing records. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, a paired t-test and an independent t-test.
Results: The result revealed that experimental group had a significantly higher mean score in health literacy and weight control behaviors than before the experiment as well as the control group (p< .05). Moreover, the mean difference in body weight in the experimental group was lower than the control group (p< .05).
Conclusions: The health literacy program resulted in primary school students improving their health literacy and weight control behaviors.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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