Health Impacts and Health Promoting Behavior for Pre-school Children among Parents during Online Learning throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The objectives of this research study were 1) to explore health impacts of pre-school children, 2) to examine health promoting behaviors for pre-school children among parents, and 3) to identify factors associated with health promoting behaviors for pre-school children among parents of pre-school children studying online classes during COVID-19 pandemic. The participants of this study consisted of 206 parents of pre-school children studying at child development centers at Mueng District, Phitsanulok province. The tools used in the study were the health impacts questionnaire and the health management behaviors for pre-school children questionnaire. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for reliability were 0.81 and 0.98, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Point biserial correlation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The results revealed that health impacts of pre-school children studying online classes included gaining more overweight than before studying online classes and having more weight than normal weight (76.2%), having a good level of development ( = 37.88, S.D. 3.27), and having overall good level of physical health ( = 54.4, S.D. 4.18). Overall, the health promoting behavior of pre-school children of parents was at a high level ( = 196.99, S.D. 18.88). However, no factors were found to be related to health promoting behaviors among participants.Therefore, parents of pre-school children attaining online learning should be educated about health promotion for pre-school children to prevent overweight, emotional problems, and respiratory tract infection in pre-school children.
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