Development Enhancing Health Literacy Program to Cannabis used on Medication among medical cannabis users in Chao Phraya Yommarat Hospital
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Introduction and Objectives: Medical cannabis was new thing in Thailand. In addition, the knowledge was not yet extensive and still no sufficient research. This study aims to develop literacy program to cannabis used on medication among medical cannabis users.
Methods: sample group were 33 service recipients of modern medical cannabis clinic in Chao Phraya Yommarat Hospital Suphanburi Province. Results of developing program to enhance knowledge about medical cannabis for service recipients includes program manual for enhancing knowledge about medical cannabis and video about Medical cannabis health literacy. Data collection tool was questionnaire on medical cannabis knowledge of medical cannabis service recipients and a quality assessment of program to enhance knowledge about medical cannabis among medical cannabis service recipients. Research instrument was CVI = .84 - 1 and alpha coefficient = .94. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and health literacy was compared using t-test statistics.
Results: The program to enhance knowledge about medical cannabis 4 components as follows: access to information and understanding of medical cannabis, correct communication, information decision to use medical cannabis and practical aspects of self-management of service recipients. In terms of effectiveness, it was found that after participating program to enhance health literacy about medical cannabis among service recipients was mean increase of health knowledge score regarding medical cannabis statistically significant (p-value ≤ 0.05).
Discussion: Developing program to enhance knowledge about medical cannabis in order to use medical cannabis correctly, appropriately and with maximum benefit to patient.
Conclusion and Recommendation: This program enhances knowledge about medical cannabis accurate and appropriate for medical cannabis services.
Keywords: Health Literacy, Medical Cannabis
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