ปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความรอบรู้ด้านสุขภาพเพื่อป้องกันการตั้งครรภ์ก่อนวัยอันควรในกลุ่มนักเรียนมัธยมปลาย

Patcharaboon Sriwichai; Donnapa Chaisombut*; Pongpatchara Promphao

Authors

Patcharaboon Sriwichai Boromarajonani College of Nursing Phayao, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute
Donnapa Chaisombut* Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Phayao Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchannok Institute
Pongpatchara Promphao Boromarajonani College of Nursing Phayao, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute

Keywords:

Health literacy, Unwanted pregnancy prevention, High school students

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is a major public health problem worldwide. This predictive correlational study aimed to assess the level of health literacy and factors affecting health literacy for unwanted pregnancy prevention among 350 high school students in Phayao Province. Multistage random sampling was used to recruit participants. The research instruments included a questionnaire on knowledge (KR-20 =.75), attitude, perceived ability to prevent pregnancy, family communication about sexuality, perception of friends' sexual risk behaviors and health literacy for unwanted pregnancy prevention with reliability values of .78, .75, .85, .87, .82, .81 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis. The research revealed that participants had sufficient health literacy for unwanted pregnancy prevention and there may be some correct practices to prevent unwanted pregnancy (=104.35, SD=15.86). There were three factors affecting health literacy for unwanted pregnancy prevention: grade level, attitude towards unwanted pregnancy prevention, and family communication about sexuality (R = .506, F= 39.686, p <.001, df(1, 348)), which could be jointly predicted by 25.60 percent (R²=.256). Therefore, promoting health literacy for unwanted pregnancy prevention should focus on promoting positive attitude towards unwanted pregnancy prevention and appropriate family communication about sexuality according to the educational level in order to effectively prevent unwanted pregnancy among those students.

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