The Effects of a Program to Provide Self-care Knowledge of the New Normal for COVID- 19 Prevention on Self-care Knowledge and Practice among High School Students in Ratchaburi Province
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The quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of a program to provide self-care knowledge of the new normal for COVID- 19 prevention on self-care knowledge and practice among high school students in Ratchaburi province. The sample of this study were 60 high school students, divided in 30 people for control group and 30 people for experimental group, by using a purposive sampling. The research instruments consisted of the program to provide self-care knowledge of the new normal for COVID- 19, self-care knowledge questionnaire with validity and reliability at 0.92 and 0.71 and practice questionnaire with validity and reliability at 0.95 and 0.82, respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Paired t-test and Independent t-test.The results of the study on high school students’ self-care knowledge and practice between control and experimental group, found that after using the program, the experimental group had higher mean score of self-care knowledge and practice for COVID-19 prevention than that of the control group with statistical significance (p < .05). And after using the program, the experimental group had higher mean score of self-care knowledge and practice for COVID-19 prevention than before receiving the program with statistical significance (p < .05). The findings indicated that the developed program could be positively used to improve self-care knowledge and practice of the new normal for COVID-19 prevention in high school students so that they should have to learn about this continuously.
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