The effect of the application program of self - efficacy and social support theory for health behavior developing to prevent the gingivitis on grade 7th students in Maptaphut Municipality, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong province

Abstract

This research objective: To compare the results of the intervention program of before-and -after study, applying the program of self - efficacy and social support theory for health behavior developing to prevent the gingivitis on Grade 7th students  in Maptaphut Municipality, Mueang Rayong District, Rayong province, within and between the experimental group and the comparison group Is a semi-experimental study. The subjects were 68 Grade 7th students, divided into 34 experimental groups and 34 comparison groups. The experimental group received a health behavior development program for gingivitis prevention. The intervention in this program base on the concept of self-efficacy and social support. The comparison group received knowledge from health facilities as usual. Data were analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation and minimum, paired t-test and independent t-test at 0.05 level.

The results showed that After the experiment found that the levels of the average score of the experimental group, in the knowledge about the gingivitis and proper brushing, the self-efficacy in the prevention of gingivitis, expectations in the positive effect of the prevention of gingivitis practice in the prevention of gingivitis by an experimental has level and higher score, plaque density score lower than the comparison group, statistically significant at the level 0.05

It can be concluded that the application of self-efficacy and social support theory in the development of healthy behavior for preventing gingivitis of the Grade 7th students and teacher prompts are one part that makes students brush their teeth more properly. As a result, the Grad 1 students has a high level of knowledge and practice the contribute to plaque reduction and further decay.