Health Literacy of Healthy Aging among Elderly People in Bangkok Metropolitan: A Case Study for Promoting Health Literacy Elderly
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Objective: To understand the characteristics of healthy elderly people having a high level of health literacy.
Methods: The qualitative research methodology was used and focused on case study. This study also used an in-depth interview among healthy elderly people who have high score of health literacy. The semi-structured interview guide was performed. Content analysis was used to analyze the data.
Results: The characteristics of healthy elderly for healthy aging among elderly people in Bangkok Metropolitan included an accessing to health information (such as a social participation, and a accessing to health information, easily and rapidly); Understanding to health information (such as health service client gave the information clearly and hastily, and instructional media about health information that was easy to read, presented by diagram and could apply immediately); Appraise (such as enthusiasm for searching data and deep understanding of health information, and exchange communication of health information); and Applying health information (such as realizing the importance and health – context needs of health information and evaluate data with understandings).
Conclusion: The implication of this research is crucial to understand the conditions in healthy aging among elderly people. This should promote elderly people to access, understand, appraise and apply the health information in self-care leading to good health and sustainable.
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