The development of web-based learning innovations and the implementation of health education initiatives to prevent COVID-19 infection among students at the university
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Background: Behaviors that prevent COVID-19 from entering the body and avoidance of risk factors for infection are important to prevent the spread of pathogens.
Objectives: To develop and investigate the effects of web-based learning innovations and the implementation of health education initiatives to prevent COVID-19 infection in university students.
Methods: This research and development study is divided into two phases: 1) developing the innovation by elaborating and evaluating the quality with input from five experts and 2) testing the innovation with a quasi-experimental study. Before and after the experiment and a 1-month follow-up period, two groups totaling 76 people were measured, divided into an experimental group and a comparison group of 38 people each. The research tools consisted of web-based learning innovations and questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, repeated measure ANOVA, and independent t-test.
Results: The developed innovation consisted of seven components: principles of behavior change, innovation goals, relevant agencies and personnel, learning activities, application of innovation, and measurement and evaluation tools, including three learning activities. The innovation is of very good quality. The results of the application of the innovation showed that the experimental group significantly improved perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, expectation of response effectiveness, perceived self-efficacy, and behaviors to prevent COVID-19 infection in the post-experiment period and the 1-month follow-up period, compared to the pre-experiment period and were significantly better than the comparison group at a statistically significant level of .05.
Conclusions: The development of web-based learning innovations and the implementation of health education initiatives have improved COVID-19 infection prevention.
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ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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