Factors Predicting Knowledge, Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) among Village Health Volunteers in Nam Ruem Subdistrict, Mueang District, Tak Province.

Abstract

This research aimed to study factors affecting health literacy and self-protective behavior for surveillance operations of coronavirus infection diseases. Sample size was Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Namrum subdistrict, Mueang district, Tak province, which studied a population of 410 people. The newly developed questionnaire was used. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis.

The results of the study revealed that the VHVs had a very good level of both health literacy of covid-19 (85.12%) and self-protective behaviors (80.24%). he factors that significantly affected health literacy at the .05 level, classified by aspect, were knowledge and understanding, with only one factor, social media use, predicting 2.54 percent. Three factors could be predicted for access to information to a degree of 17.92 percent were: area of residence, participation in community proactive activities, and learning from model observation. Four factors could be predicted for media literacy to a degree of 22.45 percent were: income, perceptions of proactive health services by health care workers, participation in community proactive activities, and learning from model observation. Three factors could be predicted for self-management to a degree of 12.73% were: income, participation in community proactive activities, and learning from model observation. Four factors could be predicted for communication questioning and interaction to a degree of 18.40% were: income, perceptions of proactive health services by health care workers, participation in community proactive activities, and learning from model observation. Factors that significantly influenced self-protective behavior at the .05 level included health literacy, self-management, access to information and decision-making, as well as residential area factors, which together predicted 40.90 percent.

          The results of suggestions for development encourage volunteers to participate in more proactive activities in the community, such as activities to search for risk groups. proactive disease screening, etc. because it affects health literacy information access Media Literacy self-management and communication, questioning and answering.