Improving Health Literacy for Reducing Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among People living in Amphoe Soem Ngam, Lampang Province
Keywords:
Health Literacy, Cardiovascular riskAbstract
The quasi-experimental research aims to study a result of improving health literacy for reduce cardiovascular risk. Research design was two groups pretest-posttest design. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 80 participants who had low, moderate, and high levels of CVD risk and poor and low health literacy levels. Forty of the experimental group received a health literacy promotion programme in order to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. Meanwhile, the control group received a regular health literacy promotion programme. Research tools were health literacy and self-care behaviour questionnaires, Thai CV risk score and personal health data. The content validity of all instruments were showed by IOC= 0.67-1.00 and the reliability of health literacy and self-care behaviour questionnaires were showed Cronbach’s alpha =0.75. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Independent T test and Dependent T test.
The results showed that at post-experiment the experimental group had significant higher mean scores of heath literacy and health behaviour (p<.05), and CVD risk score had significant lower mean scores than at pre-experimental (P<.05). CVD risk score of experimental group were significant decreased more than control group at post-test (P<0.05). Research suggests that should be used Improving Health Literacy program for Reducing Cardiovascular Risk of all severity of risk and evaluate long term health outcomes.
References
Asawasudsakorn, S., Chitpitaklert, S., Visanuyothin, S. (2019). Abstract: Integration of Service Plans for Screening and Reducing High Risk Groups of Cardiovascular Disease, Nakhon Ratchasima 2017-2018. Journal of the Department of Medical Services .44 (5) (in Thai).
Choeisuwan,V. (2017). Health Literacy: Concept and Application for Nursing Practice. Royal Thai Navy Medical Journal.44(3).183-197. (in Thai).
Darun, P., & Krirat, P. (2019). Health literacy factors influencing on Health behavior of population in Bueng Kan province. Journal of Department of Health Service Support, 15(3), 71-82. (in Thai).
Division of Non Communicable Diseases. (2014). Handbook of Cardiovascular risk identification and risk management. Ministry of Public Health. (in Thai).
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital. Thai CV risk score: Mahidol University. Retrieved
(2021, 5 June) from: https://www.rama.mahidol.ac.th/cardio_vascular_risk/thai_cv_risk_score. (in Thai).
Halladay, J. et al (2017). The association of health literacy and blood pressure reduction in a cohort of patients with hypertension: the heart healthy lenoir trial. Patient education and counseling, 100(3), 542-549.
Health Education Division, Department of Health Service Support. (2018). Health literacy and health behaviors 3E 2S 2018., Retrieved (2021, 15 April) from: http://www.hed.go.th/news/3268. (in Thai).
Khongprasert,J. & Watcharasin,S. & Phanmung,N.(2015). Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among Diabetes and Hypertension Patients.The Agricultural Co-operative Federation of Thailand, Ltd.printing. Bangkok. ISBN 978-616-11-2615-5. (in Thai).
Khuanmoung, K. (2018). Health literacy accessibility understanding and utilization. Amarin printing. Bangkok: ISBN 978-616-468-098-2. (in Thai).
Natnapa, S. and Thiraphancharoen, N. (2022). Behavior in Reducing Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among the Elderly at Ban Mai Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District. Journal of Safety and Health: 15(1).10-26. (in Thai).
Nutbeam, D. (2000). Health literacy as a public health goal: a challenge for contemporary health education and communication strategies into the 21st century. Health promotion international, 15(3), 259-267.
Nutbeem, D. (2008). The evolving concept of Health Literacy. Social Science & Medicine. 67:2072-2078.
Phuribancha, P., Phrompakdee, B., Chornthapha,S.(2017).Evaluation need assessment for services development, evaluation cardiovascular risk in DM and Hypertension patients. Disease Control Journal, 43(3), 244-254. (in Thai).
Paibulsiri, P. (2018). Health literacy and health behaviors 3E 2S of public sector executives, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province. Journal of Preventive Medicine Association of Thailand.8(1).97-107. (in Thai).
Strategy and Planning Division. (2022). Public Health statistics 2019. Ministry of Public Health. ISSN 0857-3093(in Thai).
Tachavijitjaru C.,(2018). Health Literacy: A key Indicator towards Good Health Behavior and Health Outcomes. Journal of The Royal Thai Army Nurses.19(1-19). (in Thai).
Thananuwatsak, R., Harnchaipibulkul, S., Worakijthamrongchai, T. (2019). Primary Prevention of Stroke. Journal of Thai Stroke Society. 18(2), 29-39.
World Health Organization. (2021). World health statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs,sustainable development goals. Geneva: Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Journal of Health Sciences Scholarship
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Articles, information, images, etc., published in the Journal of Health Sciences Scholarship is the copyright of the Journal of Health Sciences Scholarship. If any person or entity wants to bring all or part of it to publish or to do any action must be authorized by a letter from the Journal of Health Sciences Scholarship. The content and information in the article published in the Journal of Health Sciences Scholarship is considered and the responsibility of the author of the article directly, which editorial journals, no need to agree or share any responsibility.
Messages and Comments The author of the article. This is not the opinion of the journal, and the journal does not need to agree with the text and any comments of the author. The magazine reserves the right to consider publication as appropriate include the correct or refine the language to meet the criteria.
