ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างความรอบรู้ทางสุขภาพกับพฤติกรรมการป้องกันการแพร่ระบาด ของโรคโควิด-19 ของอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้าน

Waranya   Jitbantad; Pimpawan   Ruangput; Ratthayanaphit  Ratchatawan; Abdolgordaj  Jitbuntut

Authors

Waranya Jitbantad 1Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Si Thammarat, Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchanok Institute
Pimpawan Ruangput Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Si Thammarat, Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchanok Institute
Ratthayanaphit Ratchatawan Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Si Thammarat, Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchanok Institute
Abdolgordaj Jitbuntut Ban Plak Pla Health Promoting Hospital Nakhon Si Thammarat

Keywords:

Health literacy, preventive behaviors, COVID-19, village health volunteers

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) the level of health literacy and health behaviors to epidemic of COVID-19 of village health volunteers (VHVs) and 2) association between health literacy and health behaviors to epidemic of COVID-19. The subjects consisted of 383 VHVs from 23 districts in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. They were calculated by estimating the proportion of the population by area zone using a systematic random sampling method. Data were collected using questionnaire interviews during January and March 2022. Data were analyzed using statistics, percentage, average, standard deviation, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients statistics.

The results showed the subjects had the highest percentage of health literacy skills, including self-management skills for 94.26 (mean 4.94, S.D. 0.23), cognitive skills for 72.06 (mean 4.67, S.D. 0.57), communication skills for 69.19 (mean 4.69, S.D. 0.46), decision skills for 60.57 (mean 4.58, S.D. 0.53), accessibility skills for 56.66 (mean 4.55, S.D. 0.52) and media literacy skills for 54.05 (mean 4.51, S.D. 0.56), respectively. Level of preventive behavior against the spread of COVID-19 at the highest level of 93.73%. The association between preventive behavior against the spread of COVID-19 and health literacy showed self-management skills, health information communication, decision making, and health media literacy with a statistically significant correlation at the .01. Accessibility skills in health services was statistical significance at .05. There were not correlated with cognitive skills. Therefore, the provincial/district health office should promote and develop self-management skills in communicating health information, decision-making and health media literacy for VHVs to use in self-care, family and community in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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