Effects of Health Literacy Promoting Model to Prevent Road Accidents from Motorcycling among Upper Secondary School Students in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to evaluate the effects of a health literacy promoting model to prevent road accidents from motorcycling among upper secondary school students - STRIVE model. The research was conducted between November 2021 and March 2022. The samples were 70 upper secondary school students in Sakon Nakhon, Thailand. There were 35 samples in the experimental and comparison group equally. The STRIVE Model has the following components: 1) S: Significance and objective 2) T: Terms and Conditions 3) R: Ready to start 4) I: Improve health literacy activity plan 5) V: Verification and evaluation 6) E: Effective management. The overall quality assessment by 5 experts was a very good level. Data were collected by using questionnaires at baseline, post intervention, and follow-up. Data analyses consisted of descriptive statistics, using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and Inferential statistics, using independent t-test, chi-square test, and Repeated measure ANOVA.  After implementing the health literacy promoting model to prevent road accidents from motorcycling among upper secondary school students, the results found that the experimental group had higher health literacy and road accident prevention behavior from motorcycling, compared to before the implementation and there has been sustainable follow-up. And higher than those in the comparison group at a .05 statistical significance level. Therefore, the findings of this study have suggestions for applying the STRIVE model to solve the problem of road accident prevention behavior from motorcycling among students focusing on the development and promotion of health literacy.