Development of a health literacy building model for liver fluke prevention of secondary educational service area, Regional Health9th

Abstract

This operational study aimed to develop a health literacy building model for liver fluke prevention of secondary educational service area, Regional Health 9^th. PAOR model was applied in 4 phases of the study: Planning, Action, Observation and Reflection. Data was collected through focus group discussions, observations and interviews. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data whereas descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse quantitative one. Paired sample t-test was used to compare means.

It was found that a health literacy building model for liver fluke prevention in educational institution should consist of (1) human resource preparation through capacity building (2) integrated operation through working group (3) capacity building of process facilitators (4) selection of study area (5) Evaluation:  After using a health literacy building programme in 40 participants for 2 months, it was shown that the mean score of health literacy and behaviour on liver fluke prevention increased significantly (p-value < 0.05) and the mean score of half-cooked fish consumption behaviour increased.

A health literacy building programme was suggested to scale up among parent group and community for sustainable outcome as it is important to involve all social networks including school authorities, teachers, students and community in facilitating the operation of health literacy school.