The framework for promoting health knowledge among overweight working-age individuals in Sai Mai District, Bangkok Province
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This study was survey research with the following objectives: 1. To examine factors that influenced the health knowledge of the population in Sai Mai district, Bangkok, Thailand. 2. To explore factors that influenced obesity among individuals aged 25 years and older in Sai Mai district, Bangkok, Thailand. Additionally, the study aimed to gather in-depth data from stakeholders to develop a model for promoting health knowledge among the working-age population affected by obesity in the aforementioned district. The sample consisted of 200 individuals selected through purposive sampling, from whom complete data were obtained from 182 respondents, representing a response rate of 91.00%. Data collection took place between December 2566 and January 2567, utilizing a questionnaire with a Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of 0.9411. Statistical analyses included frequency distributions, percentages, means, standard deviations, medians, ranges, Pearson's correlation, logistic regression, and multivariate analysis of variance.
The findings of the research were as follows: 1. The majority of the population in Sai Mai District, Bangkok Province, possessed basic health knowledge on certain topics, enabling them to moderately adapt health behaviors. 2. Marital status, education, occupation, income, sources of health information from print media/radio/television, community outreach programs, online platforms (Line/Facebook/Internet), utilization of social security health benefits, and utilization of government employee health benefits significantly influenced health knowledge among the population in Sai Mai District, Bangkok Province, at a statistically significant level of 0.05. 3. The most significant predictors of normal weight or obesity among individuals aged 25 and above in Sai Mai District, Bangkok Province, were utilization of community welfare fund health benefits, with an odds ratio of 1.213, followed by gender, with an odds ratio of 0.976, and utilization of gold card health benefits, with an odds ratio of -0.359.
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