Development of a Health Promotion Participative Program for Elderly Ban Thon sub district, Sawang Daen Din district, Sakon Nakhon Province

Abstract

Objectives: To develop and study of effective on a health  promotion  participative  program for elderly, Ban Thon sub district, Sawang Daen Din district, Sakon Nakhon Province
Research design: Participation Action Research: PAR
Materials and methods: 100 of elderlies the samples who were qualified according to inclusion criteria,  which were obtained by simple random sampling method. Data  were collected by using the interview form with the reliability  were 0.82, 0.72 and 0.86, respectively. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and paired t-test.
Main findings: A Health promotion participative program for elderly were consisted of 4 steps: 1) problem Identifying and diagnosing) 2) mission, outcomes and action planning 3) community representatives and participants have participated in the activities of the participatory elderly health promotion program (taking action), and 4) completing evaluation. After intervention program, it was found that the elderly had a statistically significant increase in the mean scores of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding self-care behaviors (p <.001, <.001, <.001), <.001, <.001 and <.001) respectively, both overall and on all aspects.
Conclusion and recommendations: The results of this research suggest that participatory elderly health promotion programs increase knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding self-care behaviors, so the relevant departments should apply this program.