The Effectiveness of Health Education Program Applying Self-Efficacy and Stages of Change among for Weight Reduction,Working Age 40-49 Years Old Group with Overweight and Obesity in NongkungshernSubdistrict PhuWiang District KhonKaen Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness of health education program for   weight reduction, applying self-efficacy and stages of change among working age 40-49 year old group with overweight and obesity in Nongkungshern subdistrict, PhuWiang district, KhonKaen province. The total 54  samples were divided into two groups;27 experimental group and  27 comparison group.The period of time was intervened for 10 weeks. The experimental group received health promotion program included health education program, activity demonstration and training, videos, motivation activities, daily record form, the conquer obesity card, and body composition analyzer. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics.The comparative analysis were analyzed by Paired Sample t-test and Independent Sample t-test at the 0.05 level of significance. 

            The results showed that after the implementation; the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores in terms of knowledge, self-efficacy, expectation of response efficacy, and practice than before the intervention and higher than the comparison group with statistically significant (p-value<0.05). Body Mass Index,  visceral fat , and waist circumferencewere more reduce of mean score than before the experiment with statistical significance (p-value <0.001), however the reduction was not different from the comparison group (p-value> 0.05). The body fat was not different reduce from before the experiment (p-value> 0.05) but more reduce than the comparison group with statistically significant (p-value <0.05).