Results of the student potential development program to enhance health literacy and preventive behavior from electronic cigarette by a participatory learning program a school in Nakhon Pathom Province
Keywords:
E-cigarette smoking prevention, Participatory learning, Health literacy, High school studentsAbstract
This research used a two-group quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest measurements.The objectives were to 1) compare health literacy scores and e-cigarette smoking preventive behaviors among students in the experimental group before and after receiving the participatory learning program, and 2) compare health literacy scores and preventive behaviors against e-cigarette smoking between the experimental and control groups. The sample were 120 upper secondary school students from a school in Nakhon Pathom Province (60 in the experimental group and 60 in the control group), selected by purposive sampling. Selected. The instruments consisted of a 4-week participatory learning program: Week 1 focused on the harms of cigarettes and e-cigarette media literacy; Weeks 2-4, Enhance health literacy and decision-making. Questionnaires were used to measure health literacy and
preventive behaviors against e-cigarette smoking. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-test, and independent t-test.
The results showed that after the intervention, the experimental group had higher mean scores of health literacy and preventive behaviors against e-cigarette smoking than before the intervention and the control group was statistically significant level 0.05. In conclusion, the participatory learning program was effective in enhancing health literacy and improving preventive behaviors against e-cigarette smoking among students. The program should be applied for the prevention and solution of e-cigarette use problems among youth.
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