Development of a Health Literacy Model to Enhance Health Behaviours According the “3A” Principle of the Elderly

Abstract

          The elderly who has health literacy is able to modify desirable behavior, resulting in a good health. The purpose of this research was to create and develop a model and test the effectiveness of a health literacy model to enhance health behaviours according to the 3A principle of the elderly. It is a research and development that uses integrated research processes and employs active participation techniques. The research was divided into 2 phases. Phase 1 Creating and developing a model by stakeholders. Muang Khom Subdistrict, Chai Badan District Lopburi Province. Phase 2 Testing the effectiveness of the Model A sample group including the elderly who are members of the School for the Elderly, Muang Khom Subdistrict Administrative Organization, a total of 83 people. Data were collected using the health literacy scale and the satisfaction assessment form. Analyzing the data with average statistics, Standard deviation and Paired samples t-test. The confidence value of the Health Literacy Scale was .859. And, the confidence value of the satisfaction questionnaire on the model was .804.
          The results showed that the model developed using the V-Shape model concept consists of 18 activities. The efficacy test results of the model were as follows: 1) The elderly had higher average health literacy scores with statistical significance at 0.05 2) The satisfaction with the style was at the highest level. (= 4.62, S.D.= .574) The results of the study showed that the health literacy model for enhancing health behaviours according to the 3A principle had a high level of effectiveness. Therefore, health literacy models enhance health behaviours. The principle of 3 A of the elderly can be used to achieve results.