Factors Predicting Health Behaviors According to the 4D Principles Among Parents of Early Childhood in the Context of the Southern Border Provinces
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The study of predicting factors on parents’ health behaviors based on the 4D principle provides information for developing health promotion among young children. This predictive correlational research aimed to examine the levels and factors predicting health promotion behaviors based on the 4D principle among parents of early childhood. The sample consisted of 92 parents of preschool children who received services at a well-child clinic of a health promotion hospital, Regional Health Promotion Center 12, Yala. The sample was selected through purposive sampling, and data collection occurred from March to August 2024. Data were gathered using questionnaires on access to health information and services, health literacy, verification of health information and services, communication and social support, self-management of health, and health promotion behaviors based on the 4D principle among parents of preschool children. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of these questionnaires were .82, .70, .71, .91, .91, and .71, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression. The results revealed that the overall mean score of health promotion behaviors based on the 4D principle was at a very high level. Communication and social support were able to predict 29.40% of the variance in health promotion behaviors based on the 4D principle among parents of preschool children (R2=.29). Therefore, health professionals can utilize communication and social support factors to develop programs that effectively promote health behaviors based on the 4D principle among parents of preschool children.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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