EFFECTS OF HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS ON HEALTH LITERACY AND HEALTH BEHAVIOR OF DIABETES PATIENTS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER BANPONG HOSPITAL

Abstract

The purposes of this quasi-experimental research were to study and compare means of health literacy and health behavior of diabetes patients who received health promotion program service based on Pender’s theory under the program 4 times in 12 weeks, the sample was 30 experimental subjects. (The pretest-posttest One groups design). Data collecting by using the questionnaires on health literacy and health behavior of diabetes patients adapted from the questionnaires on health literacy and health behavior of Health Education Department. The Kuder-Richardson’s Reliability(KR20) of questionnaires try out in 30 diabetes patients who lived in rural area of Banpong district was 0.95. The comparison of means of health literacy and health behavior of diabetes patients was analyzed means between pre and post experimentation using Paired sample’s t-test. The research results indicated as follows: 1. Means of health literacy of diabetes patients of post- experimentation was statistically higher than pre-experimentation at 0.05 significant level. 2. Means of health behavior of diabetes patients of post- experimentation was statistically higher than pre-experimentation at 0.05 significant level. So diabetes patients ought to receive health promotion program service based on Pender’s theory. However, aging group is specifically considerable care giver or relatives in collaborate /join the group meeting. Telephone is the effective instrument for experienced care provider to empower health literacy and health behavior of diabetes patients. It is worth expanding to adoption in other care of NCDs in further.