Effects of Experiential Learning Program of Community Health Workers on Health Literacy and Preventive Behaviors of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases of Respiratory System.
J Prim Care Community Health
; 15: 21501319231217904, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE:
Community health workers (CHWs) can be extremely important in many facets of healthcare, especially for marginalized communities. Health Literacy and Preventive Behaviors of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases of the Respiratory System were important for CHWs in Preventing and Control Diseases.METHODS:
This quasi-experimental research; a 2 pretest-post group design, aimed to investigate the result of the experiential learning program of the CHWs toward health literacy and preventive behaviors of the infection of emerging and re-emerging diseases of the respiratory system. The samples are 66 CHWs working in Ngao District, Lampang Province which were divided into 2 groups; the experimental and control groups, 33 subjects for each group. The tools used in this research consisted of an experiential learning program for 6 weeks and a questionnaire concerning health literacy and preventive behaviors of emerging and re-emerging diseases in the respiratory system.RESULTS:
The experimental group had the mean score of health literacy regarding the prevention of emerging and re-emerging diseases of the respiratory system at the highest level (X¯ = 4.52, SD = 0.16) which was higher than before receiving the program which was a high level (X¯ = 3.61, SD = 0.32) at the significant level of P < .001 while the preventive behavior concerning the emerging and re-emerging diseases in the respiratory system was at the highest level (X¯ = 4.63, SD = 0.41)and higher than the control group which was at a high level (X¯ = 4.36, SD = 0.50) at the significant level of P < .001.CONCLUSIONS:
The research results could be a guideline for developing the CHW's potential effectively and proficiently.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes
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Letramento em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Prim Care Community Health
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Tailândia
País de publicação:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA