Relationship between Health Literacy and Self-Protection Ability among Consumers in Health Products
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Objective: To study the relationship between health literacy and the ability of consumers to protect themselves in health products. Methods: Subjects were 100 consumers selected by convenient sampling from general population living in Tha Sung and Nam Ziam Sub-districts in Mueang District, Uthai Thani. The subjects completed questionnaires on health literacy and self-protection ability in consuming health products. Health literacy was measured by Thai Health Literacy Assessment with Words Lists and Questions to Test Comprehension (THLA-W+) by Pudong Chanchuto. Self-protection ability in consuming health products was measured by the scale developed in this study. Results: Sixty-four of subjects were regarded as having adequate self-protection ability in consuming health products. Health showed a statistically significant and positive correlation with self-protection ability (r=0.54, P<0.001). Conclusion: Strengthening of health literacy is important because there is a trend that those with a higher level of health literacy possess a higher level of self-protection ability in consuming health products.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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