Health Promotion Activities to Develop Physical Fitness of Nakhon Phanom University Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study effect of health promotion program to develop the physical fitness of students in NakhonPhanom University students. The research model was the one group pretest posttest experimental design. The sample group was 25 students which were purposive sampling. The instrument consisted of physical exercise activities program and physical fitness test.  The experiment executed by participated in the developed physical exercise program for 8 weeks, five days a week, with 120 minutes a day. The physical fitness tests were collected at before and after the experiment. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and paired t-test with statistic significant level at .05. The results showed that the physical fitness in limb strength, body weight, body mass index, flexibility and oxygen consumption were increased at the .05 level of significance, but the subcutaneous fat and resting pulse were decreased with were not significant difference. When comparing the volunteers’ level of physical fitness to the criteria, it was discovered that female students had an average of 27.60 of subcutaneous fat. The degree of assessment was moderate on average. Males scored on average 19.50. The mean score was very low. The physical fitness of female flexibility was 9.54, the mean assessment level was low. Males had an average of 11.26. The mean rating was moderate.  In terms of arm muscle strength, men and women's respective means were .46 and .55. The average score was low. The female had an average leg muscle strength score of 1.24 and an average rating of very good. The average for men was 1.51. The average score is moderate. As for the oxygen utilization capacity of females, the mean was 23.33 and the male was 26.52. The rating was relatively poor on average.