Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand

Effective strategies that bring health promotion messages to older adults in a developing country are needed. To evaluate the impact of various education media upon changes in knowledge and health behavior, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted involving 1,268 older adults in a s...

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Main Authors: Prasert Assantachai, Chaweewan Bunnag, Manee Piya-Anant, Visanu Thamlikitkul
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spelling th-mahidol.230592018-08-20T14:27:27Z Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand Prasert Assantachai Chaweewan Bunnag Manee Piya-Anant Visanu Thamlikitkul Mahidol University The Thailand Research Fund Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Medicine Social Sciences Effective strategies that bring health promotion messages to older adults in a developing country are needed. To evaluate the impact of various education media upon changes in knowledge and health behavior, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted involving 1,268 older adults in a southwest Bangkok suburb. Group teaching supplemented by a video program was provided in the communities. A simplified booklet and an audiotape containing the same health education information as in the videotape were given to the older adults for self-study. Health knowledge was assessed before the health education program. Identical assessment was performed again 3 months after the intervention. The quadriceps exercise and Cawthorne-Cooksey head-and-neck-balance exercise - representing changes in health promotion behavior - were also evaluated. Those who attended the group-teaching program had higher test scores than the control group. Only those who both read the booklet and listened to the audiotape in the intervention group gained more knowledge than the control group. The combination of group teaching supplemented by the video program and self-study using the booklet and audiotape was effective in improving health knowledge and behavior. 2018-08-20T06:52:13Z 2018-08-20T06:52:13Z 2006-04-01 Article Educational Gerontology. Vol.32, No.4 (2006), 283-296 10.1080/03601270500494097 15210472 03601277 2-s2.0-33644798017 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/23059 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33644798017&origin=inward
institution Mahidol University
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continent Asia
country Thailand
Thailand
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topic Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Social Sciences
spellingShingle Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Social Sciences
Prasert Assantachai
Chaweewan Bunnag
Manee Piya-Anant
Visanu Thamlikitkul
Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
description Effective strategies that bring health promotion messages to older adults in a developing country are needed. To evaluate the impact of various education media upon changes in knowledge and health behavior, a double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted involving 1,268 older adults in a southwest Bangkok suburb. Group teaching supplemented by a video program was provided in the communities. A simplified booklet and an audiotape containing the same health education information as in the videotape were given to the older adults for self-study. Health knowledge was assessed before the health education program. Identical assessment was performed again 3 months after the intervention. The quadriceps exercise and Cawthorne-Cooksey head-and-neck-balance exercise - representing changes in health promotion behavior - were also evaluated. Those who attended the group-teaching program had higher test scores than the control group. Only those who both read the booklet and listened to the audiotape in the intervention group gained more knowledge than the control group. The combination of group teaching supplemented by the video program and self-study using the booklet and audiotape was effective in improving health knowledge and behavior.
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Prasert Assantachai
Chaweewan Bunnag
Manee Piya-Anant
Visanu Thamlikitkul
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Chaweewan Bunnag
Manee Piya-Anant
Visanu Thamlikitkul
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title Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
title_short Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
title_full Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
title_fullStr Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of health promotion in the older adults in Bangkok, Thailand
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