ปัจจัยเชิงเหตุและผลของความรอบรู้ด้านสุขภาพต่อการดำเนินชีวิตวิถีใหม่ ในการป้องกันตนเองจากโรคโควิด 19

Patcharapa  Tanomsombut; Prawech  Chumkesornkulkit; Masarin  Sukolpuk; Chakkrit  Ponrachom

Authors

Patcharapa Tanomsombut Faculty of Public Health, Kasetsart University Chalermphrakiat Sakon Nakhon Province Campus
Prawech Chumkesornkulkit College of Industrial Technology, King Mongkut's University Technology North Bangkok
Masarin Sukolpuk Boromrajonani College of Nursing Changwat Nonthaburi, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromrajchanok Institute
Chakkrit Ponrachom Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University

Keywords:

coronavirus disease 2019, new normal, health literacy, perceived threat, social support

Abstract

Introduction: To prevent COVID-19 infection, living in a new normal is important issue for people in post-Covid era. Therefore, health literacy is an important factor to enable people to live with new normal and prevent themselves from COVID-19 infection.

Objective: To propose causal factors and effects of health literacy on the new normal towards COVID-19 prevention among people.

Key issues: Significant causal factors of health literacy towards new normal in COVID-19 prevention among people are multiple factors, including perceived threat, and social support from families, public health agencies, and communities. Output factors of health literacy towards new normal in COVID-19 prevention were maintaining physical distancing, wearing surgical mask, hand hygiene, and staying safe during COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions: To prevent COVID-19 infection, people should be encouraged to live with new normal. Particularly, the development of health literacy should be promoted together with causal factors, including perceived threat, and social support from families, public health agencies, and communities.

Implications: Researchers can bring causal factors and results to develop or further study, especially in a structural equation model and verified with empirical data. Therefore, resultsof the study might serve academic benefits and can be implemented in a tangible approach.

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