Effects of Experiential Learning on Knowledge, Screening Practice, and Advising on Colorectal Cancer Prevention among Village Health Volunteers
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The purpose of this quasi-experimental study with two-group Pretest-Posttest research design was to examine the effects of experiential learning on knowledge, screening practice, and advice on colorectal cancer prevention among village health volunteers. A sample of 40 village health volunteers in Ko Kha district in Lampang province was equally assigned to a group with experiential learning and a control group with regular advice from public health officers. The research tools were divided into 2 parts: 1) The experimental tools consisted of (i) an experiential learning package of knowledge, screening practice and advice regarding the prevention of colorectal cancer of the village health volunteers, (ii) the experiential learning tools, and (iii) a manual of knowledge, screening practice, and advice regarding prevention colorectal cancer for the village health volunteers. 2) The data collected consisted of: demographic data, a questionnaire based on prevention of colorectal cancer, a screening practice observation form, and advising practice observation form based on prevention of colorectal cancer. Descriptive statistics, McNemar test, and Fisher’s Exact test were used for data analysis. After participating in experiential learning, the level of knowledge, screening practice and advising practice on prevention of colorectal cancer among the village health volunteers was statistically significantly higher than before participation in the experiential learning (p<.001). Also, after participating in experiential learning, the experimental group had statistically significantly higher scores for all the results than those of the control group (p=.003, p<.001, p<.001) respectively.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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