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Development Strategy of Communication on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention for Risk Group Chivachaichawan, Punnapat; Saengthong, Suchat; Vongkamjan, Supawan
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 11 (2012): November 2012 - Special Issue
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The research objectives were 1) to construct development strategy of communication on cardiovascular disease prevention for risk group in Chainat Municipality, 2) to experiment the constructed development strategy of communication on cardiovascular disease prevention for risk group in Chainat Municipality, and 3) to determine satisfaction level of experiment group for implementation development strategy of communication on cardiovascular disease prevention for risk group in Chainat Municipality. The research design was mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The purposive sampling was used for sampling 310 community peoples of risk group in Chainat Municipality, Chainat Province on perception on. The qualitative research with focus group discussion and in-depth Interview were conduct with stakeholders from risk group in Chainat Municipality, community leaders, health volunteer and experts from Jainad Narendra Hospital included professional nurses of Department of Medicine, public health personnel, nutritionists, physicians, risk group and handlers. The purposive sampling was employed for selection of 53 community people from risk group for Quasi-experimental research. The results were as followings: the constructed economic status elevation based on SEP comprised 3 system units included 1) Risk Assessment, 2) Risk Management and 3) Monitoring the Results. The mean scores of posttest in aspects of risk opportunity, severity of cardiovascular disease, and self-health toward cardiovascular disease were higher than pretest at statistically significant level of 0.01, 0.01, and 0.01. Their whole satisfaction level was at very good level for risk communication model, content, media and equipments to raise awareness.
Development Strategy for Health Behavior of the Elderly Hantrakul, Pagapan; Saengthong, Suchat; Vongkamjan, Supawan
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 4 No. 1 (2013): January 2013
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The research objectives were 1) to examine the health problems of elderly people who resided in urban community around theDevelopment Strategy Practice Centre in Nakhon Sawan Municipality, 2) to construct development strategy of strategies forenhancing health behaviour of the elderly people, and 3) to experiment the strategies with the target group of elderly people.The research design was mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative approaches. The population comprises 897 elderlypeoples who live around the Centre. The purposive sampling was used for sample selection of 30 elderly who were voluntarilyassigned as an experimental group. The research tools used are a structured in-depth interview, a self-administeredquestionnaire, participation observation, and a test of knowledge, skills and attitudes of health behavior. The findings revealedthat the elderly peoples suffered from the following problems: non-exercise, malnutrition, anxiety, and illness resulting fromafore mentioned. Therefore, the constructed development strategy for solving the health behavior problems of the elderlypeople based on food, drinking water, fresh air, emotion, Thai massage, and music (singing, listening, and playing). Theinstrument for data collection was a Likert-scale questionnaire. The finding revealed that 30 elderly peoples before training andat the twelfth week about weight, body index, upper blood pressure, lower blood pressure, heart rate, waistline, and bloodsugar level were different with statistical significance at .001.