Evaluation of A Folk Science Lesson on Lanna Local Rituals for Health Promotion in HIV/AIDS Patients

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a folk science lesson about Lanna (northern) local rituals for health promotion in HIVAIDS patients and assess its learning effectiveness. The study sample consisted of 49 HIV/AIDS patients selected using the purposive sampling method. The research instrument was a questionnaire on HIVAIDS patient’s knowledge and encouragement gained from the Lanna local ritual lesson. Data were analyzed to determine pre- and post-learning effectiveness (E1/E2) ratio and paired t-test value.

            The results showed that the E1/E2 ratio or score of HIVAIDS patients’ knowledge before and after taking the Lanna local ritual lesson was 80.01/86.78. The post-learning achievement score was significantly higher than the pre-learning score at the statistical significance level of 0.05 (p-value = 0.002). The study suggested that local health agencies should adopt the Lanna local ritual lesson on HIV/AIDS patient’s health promotion as a ritual healing approach to promote the use of Lanna local wisdom for health promotion of local residents.