Effects of developing the potential of village health volunteers Through participatory learning program in preventing suicide
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Background: Suicide is a major problem in Thailand. This loss affects many dimensions of loved ones or family members. However, the village health volunteers are the mainstay in the community who can prevent suicide with timely help.
Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the effects of the developed potential of village health volunteers through participatory learning program in preventing suicide.
Methods: A quasi-experimental research study was designed with a two-group pre- and post-experimental study; (pretest-posttest control-group design). The sample consisted of 60 village health volunteers selected according to specific qualifications. The sample was divided into two groups, 30 patients in the experimental group and 30 patients in the control group. The study was conducted between March and May 2023. The research tool was a participatory learning program for village health volunteers, a suicide knowledge test and a questionnaire on skills in caring for people with suicidal behavior. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including: frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test
Results: The experimental group had a higher level of knowledge and skills in caring for people with suicidal behavior after participating the program than before the experiment, at a statistical significance of .01. and significantly higher than the control group at the .01 level.
Conclusions: This research suggests that the participatory learning program helps develop the capacity of village health volunteers to prevent suicide and should continue the study to follow up with patients.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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