The Effects of Health Promotion Based on the “3 A’s” Principles among First-Year Bachelor of Nursing Science Students with Overweight Conditions in Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Surat Thani
Keywords:
Health Promotion, Overweight Condition, Student NurseAbstract
This quasi-experimental research using a one-group pretest-posttest design aimed to study the effects of a health promotion program based on the “3 A” principles of the Ministry of Public Health among 49 first-year nursing students at Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Surat Thani, who were classified as overweight. The sample was selected through purposive sampling. The study was guided by the conceptual framework of the Thai Ministry of Public Health’s “3 A’s” Using the conceptual framework questionnaire on the “Three A’s” health behaviors was developed. Approach the research instruments were validated for content consistency by three experts, and the overall questionnaire reliability was .81 The Item-Objective Congruence had an average score of .92 Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test.
Research Findings: 1) The health behaviors of nursing students improved significantly after participating in the health promotion program at a statistical significance level of .001 (t=3.91, p< .000). Before the intervention, the average health behavior score was (Mean=3.23, SD.= .66), with all aspects at a moderate level. After the intervention, the overall health behavior score increased to (Mean=3.69, SD.= .47) with all aspects at a high level 2) The participants’ average body weight significantly decreased after engaging in the health promotion program at a statistical significance level of .001 (t=0.71, p< .000). Before the intervention, the average body weight was (Mean=75.04, SD.=14.62), which decreased to (Mean =73.02, SD.=14.27) after the intervention.
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