The Effect of Health Literacy on Smoking Cessation Aid Program (HLSCAP) on Health Literacy and Perceived Skills in Helping Smoking Cessation among Village Health Volunteers
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health literacy, skill, smoking cessation program, village health volunteersAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effect of health literacy on a smoking cessation aid program (HLSCAP) on health literacy and skill in helping smoking cessation among Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Muang Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. The samples were 48 VHVs by simple randomly selected. Research instruments comprised the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) and the Perceived Skills in Helping Smoking Cessation (PSSC). The data were analyzed using percentage means, standard deviations, and Dependent paired t-test.
The research findings showed that after the intervention, mean scores in knowledge and understanding, accessing health information, decision-making, communication, self-management, and media literacy, including perceived skills in helping smoking cessation, were significantly higher than before the intervention statistically (p <.01).
Nurses can apply the HLSCAP to promote health literacy and skill in assisting people with smoking cessation among VHVs, which can help increase smoking cessation.
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Health personnel can use the HLSCAP to promote health literacy and perceived skills among VHVs to help them have health literacy levels up and can be used to encourage smoking cessation in a community.
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