Effectiveness of Health Promotion Program for Preventing Hypertension among Risk Groups

Abstract

A quasi-experimental research aimed to study effectiveness of a health promotion program for preventing hypertension among risk groups in the responsible area of Ang Sila health promoting hospital Phibun Mangsahan District, Ubon Ratchathani Province. An experimental group consisted of 40 people as same as a control group of 40. The tools used in this implementation were a health promotion program for preventing hypertension among the risk groups and a structured questionnaire gathering information on demographic characteristics, knowledge of hypertension, and perceived severity of hypertension. The implementation launching six activities covered 12 weeks. The results showed that the experimental group had mean scores of knowledge of hypertension, perception of severity of hypertension, and recognizing the risk of developing hypertension significantly higher than that in the control group (p<0.05). Expectations of the outcome of hypertension preventive behaviors, expectations of self-efficacy to prevention and preventive behaviors for hypertension were statistical significantly higher than that in the control group (p<0.05). Therefore, an application of information and process that have been arisen from this health promotion program is available to roll up in any at-risk people in other areas.