Effectiveness of the Sodium Consumption Surveillance Program Based on the Seven-Color Life Traffic Ping-Pong Model among First-Year Students at Sirindhorn College of Public Health Phitsanulok
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Continuous consumption of sodium in amounts exceeding the body’s requirements is a contributing factor to the development of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This quasi-experimental research with a two-group pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effectiveness of the sodium consumption surveillance program based on the seven-color life traffic ping-pong model among first-year students at Sirindhorn College of Public Health Phitsanulok. The sample consisted of 72 first-year students, equally divided into an experimental group and a control group through simple random sampling with replacement. The experimental group participated in activities based on the program, while the control group continued with their usual academic activities, such as attending regular classes or conducting self-study. Data were collected using a questionnaire before the intervention in December 2024 and again after 12 weeks in February 2025. Data analysis employed descriptive statistics, including frequency distribution, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and inferential statistics, including independent samples t-tests and paired samples t-tests. The results revealed that, prior to the intervention, the experimental and control groups did not differ significantly in health beliefs and sodium consumption behaviors. After the intervention, the experimental group showed significant improvements in health beliefs and sodium consumption behaviors compared with the control group and their pre-intervention scores, with statistical significance. These findings indicate that the program effectively improved health beliefs and sodium consumption behaviors among students.
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บทความและรายงานวิจัยในวารสารพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เป็นความคิดเห็นของ ผู้เขียน มิใช่ของคณะผู้จัดทำ และมิใช่ความรับผิดชอบของสมาคมศิษย์เก่าพยาบาลกระทรวงสาธารณสุข ซึ่งสามารถนำไปอ้างอิงได้
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