The result enhancing of health literacy and self-protection behavior of Hypertension Program for patients risk group who used service in adults health clinic at Health Promotion Hospital, Health Promotion Center Region 3 Nakhon Sawan

Abstract

In worldwide, there are one billion people who are high blood pressure, and estimated that by 2025 there will be 1.56 billion adults suffering of hypertension. each year, approximately 8 million people have high blood pressure. Pervention of hypertension can be change the behavior. Which needs to be promoted and developed to have skills that will lead to proper behavior. This research is a semi-experimental, single-group measurement before and after the experiment. The objective of this research study of the result enhancing of health literacy and self-protection before and after the experiment behavior of hypertension for patients risk group. The sample group who used service in adults health clinic at health promotion hospital, health promotion center region 3 nakhon sawan. These selected by random sampling method totaled 70 people who receive a health literacy promotion program to developed from enhancing of health literacy and self-protection behavior of hypertension program that apply knowledge, process, operations, assessment tool of assoc. prof. Dr. Kwanmuang Kaewdamkeing. The development of 5 health literacy skills are accessibility, understanding, inquiry, decision and apply skills by a sequence of steps. The tool used to collect information is a personal information questionnaire of health literacy and self-care behavior of hypertension patients for risk of hypertension with a coefficient cronbach's alpha 0.92 to analyze data personal characteristics and health literacy index by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation and use paired t-test statistics to compare the difference health knowledge, prevention behavior of high blood pressure and blood pressure of the sample average scores before and after receive the program the results showed that after receiving the program, the sample group had average health literacy scores. and preventive behaviors for high blood pressure statistically significantly higher than before the program. In addition, there are also average systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels is lower before receive the program statistically significant, therefore, this research indicates that enhancing of health literacy and self-protection behavior of hypertension program can help the risk group increased prophylactic behavior and decreased blood pressure levels