Learning Promotion Guideline to Enhance Health Literacy About E-Cigarette for the District Learning Encouragement Center in Nakhon Phanom Province

Abstract

This research purposes to study the level of health literacy about E-cigarette among learners at the District Learning Encouragement Centers in Nakhon Phanom Province and to propose guidelines for promoting learning to enhance health literacy about E-cigarettes within these centers. This research was mixed methods research, consisting of two phases. Phase 1 study the level of health literacy about E-cigarette. The sample were 404 learners who were enrolled in the first semester of the 2024 academic year at the District Learning Encouragement Centers in Nakhon Phanom Province. A stratified random sampling technique was used. The tools applied in the data were the questionnaire, and the statistical data analysis was conducted by employing frequency and percentage. Phase 2 development of learning promotion guidelines to enhance health literacy about E-cigarette. The key informants included 11 experts comprising administrators and teachers from the Nakhon Phanom Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement, as well as professionals in the fields of anti-smoking and E-cigarette campaigns, non-formal or lifelong education, and health communication, each with no less than two years of experience. The participants were selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected through focus group and analyzed using content analysis. The results that (1) the learners at the District Learning Encouragement Centers in Nakhon Phanom Province was at a very high level of Health Literacy About E-Cigarette (81.11 percent), and (2) the guidelines for promoting learning to enhance Health Literacy About E-Cigarette for the District Learning Encouragement Centers in Nakhon Phanom Province comprised the following components: principles of the guidelines, objectives, models of learning promotion, learning content, learning media, evaluation, and roles of related agencies.