A MODEL OF HEALTH PROMOTION ACCORDING TO 4 DEVELOPMENT (BAVANA) PRINCIPLES FOR THE SENIOR SCHOOL OF WAT NONG MAI KAEN, THAMAKA DISTRICT, KANCHANABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article intended to: (1) study health behavior. (2) study the health promotion and (3) propose a model of health promotion for the elderly of the elderly school at Wat Nong Mai Kaen, Thamaka District, Kanchanaburi Province according to 4 development (Bavana) principles. It is a mixed research. Contains quantitative research, the sample group in this research was 65 seniors of the elderly school at Wat Nong Mai Kaen by simple random sampling. Tools used for data collection as a questionnaire estimate scale model and the statistics used in the analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and         t – test. And qualitative research contains the study of documents in - depth interviews and group discussions with experts, community leaders and management committee of the elderly school at Wat Nong Mai Kaen, 7 persons. Content analysis of the research were found that: 1) The health behaviors of samples group, the most common practices are emotional development, followed by the moral development, intellectual development and physical development. 2) The health promotion of the sample group has detail as follows: 2.1) The health promotion before providing knowledge, there are many practices that are emotional development, followed by moral development, physical development and intellectual development. 2.2) The health promotion after providing knowledge, there were many practices which were physical development, followed by moral development, emotional development and intellectual development. 2.3) Comparison of the health promotion before providing knowledge and after providing knowledge, it was found that there was no significant difference at the level of 0.05. 3) The health promotion model of the sample group, it is found that the model of the health promotion according to 4 development principles resulted in the elderly understand and be able to follow the pattern in 4 aspects very well, consisting of physical development, moral development, emotional development and intellectual development.