Development of a Health Literacy Model for COVID-19 Prevention among Restaurant Workers in Regional Health Area 12
Keywords:
Health Literacy, Covid-19 Prevention, Restaurant Workers, Regional Health Area 12Abstract
This research and development aimed to create a health literacy model for Covid-19 prevention among restaurant workers in the 12th regional health area. Research implementation had 3 phases. Phase 1 consisted in a study of the level of health literacy on Covid-19 prevention among restaurant workers. The sample was 255 restaurant employees, selected by using multi-stage sampling. Phase 2 was the development of a new model, and its implementation with experimental and control groups, 40 persons per each. Phase 3 was dedicated to evaluations of the new model: before use, after 8 weeks, and after 12 weeks of implementation. Data were collected from November 25, 2020, to July 6, 2021, through questionnaires tested for content validity and reliability, yielding 0.74 and 0.87, respectively. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, repeated measure ANOVA, and MANOVA. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis.
Research results showed the following.
1. Health literacy for Covid-19 prevention among restaurant employees was at a middle rate.
2. Health literacy model for Covid-19 prevention among restaurant workers included 5 main activities: a) Intrapersonal level, b) Interpersonal level, c) organization level, d) community level, and e) policy level.
3. After using the model, restaurant workers had significantly higher health literacy for Covid-19 prevention in all aspects and higher than the control group with a significant difference at .05.
Therefore, this model could be applied by allied organizations to enhance health literacy for Covid-19 prevention.
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