Relationships among health literacy, knowledge, and preventive behaviors on Coronavirus disease 2019 among pregnant women in Khon Kaen Hospital
Keywords:
Health literacy, Knowledge, Preventive behaviors, Coronavirus disease 2019, Pregnant womanAbstract
The objectives of descriptive research were to study the level of health literacy, knowledge, and preventive behaviors on Coronavirus disease 2019, and the relationships among health literacy, knowledge, and preventive behaviors on Coronavirus disease 2019 among pregnant women. The two hundred twenty-twostudy subjects were selected by purposive sampling technique according to the study criteria. The questionnaires were used for data collection and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
The results revealed that pregnant women had a high level of health literacy (Mean = 150.92, S.D. = 18.89), a moderate level of knowledge (Mean = 15.18, S.D. = 0.10), and a high level of preventive behaviors (Mean = 89.32, S.D. = 0.29). The relationship between health literacy and knowledgewas positively very low (r = 0.145, p-value < 0.05). The relationship between health literacy and preventive behaviors of Coronavirus disease 2019 was moderatelypositive (r = 0.43, p-value < 0.05). The relationship between knowledge and preventive behaviors of Coronavirus disease 2019 was positively low (r = 0.26, p-value < 0.05). The result of this study can be used to develop the activity or program using health literacy, knowledge, and preventive behaviors on Coronavirus disease 2019 as a guide for advice to pregnant women to prevent and reduce the spread of Coronavirus disease 2019.
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