THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH LITERACY ACTIVITIES OF SELF- CARE FOR ELDERLY IN THE NEW NORMAL BAN LUEAK SUBDISTRICT, PHOTHARAM DISTRICT, RATCHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article to study aimed: 1) to identify the problems and need of health literacy in self-care for elderly in the new normal 2) to develop a model of health literacy in self-care for elderly in the new normal and 3) to examine the effectiveness of the health literacy in self-care for elderly in the new normal., research and development. Key informants and samples, there were 3 groups: 1) 30 elderly club members and elderly school members, 2) The model development group, 30 samples, and 3) 50 samples 's health literacy training model effectiveness trial group. Key informants and a sample of 110 people were used in the research. The research tools comprised: 1) focus group guidelines for study of problems and model development.2) A questionnaire for health literacy among the elderly in the new normal and questionnaire of self-care behaviors in the new normal. Content validity indexes were 0.84 - 0.93 and the reliability coefficients were 0.83. Analyzed the data by content, analysis frequency distribution and t-test.  The results revealed that 1) The promoting health literacy in self-care for the elderly in a new normal is not clear one-dimensional knowledge operation and does not cover all dimensions 2) training in skills such as decision skills, communication skills and self-management skills. 3) After model implementation, the elderly are well versed in health and self-care behaviors in the new normal were significantly higher than before implementation (p < .05).