Students’ Health Promotion Life style in Faculty of Public Health

Khon Kaen University and Sirhinhorn Public Health College, Khon Kaen

Province, ThailandChulaporn Sota1 , Pannee Banchornhathakit1

Boonraum kaewboonreung2

1Faculty of Public Health Khon Kaen University, Thailand.2Sirhinhorn Public Health College, Khon Kaen Province,

Thailand 

E- mail: chusot@kku.ac.th 

Introduction

• Disease  Pattern is changed from communicable disease to be non communicable disease. (HT,DM,CA,HD)

• Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their own health.

Introduction

• Both Faculty of Public Health Khon Kaen University and Sirhinhorn Public Health College, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand are important institute for producing public health personnel for supporting society especially in the Northeast of Thailand. Therefore it’s very important for study students’ health promotion life style for useful in the future.

Research  Objectives

1. Study  predisposing factor   on health promotion in students

2. Study enabling factor on health promotion in students

3. Study reinforcing factor on health promotion in students

4. Study health promotion behavior  in students

MethodologyMethodology

• This descriptive research  aimed to study health promotion life style  of students from Faculty of public  health, Khon Kaen University and Sirhinhorn   Public Health College, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand.

• This descriptive research  aimed to study health promotion life style  of students from Faculty of public  health, Khon Kaen University and Sirhinhorn   Public Health College, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand.

Methodology

• The samples  863 students were recruited.• The data were collected by questionnaires   

for quantitative data on the other hand  using in-depth interview and focus group discussion   in addition to observation for qualitative data.

• The samples  863 students were recruited.• The data were collected by questionnaires   

for quantitative data on the other hand  using in-depth interview and focus group discussion   in addition to observation for qualitative data.

Data Collection

• The data were collected by questionnaires, focus group discussion and observation including AIC techniqueAIC technique ( ( Appreciate Influence Control)Appreciate Influence Control)

• Data analyzed by SPSS program for quantitative data. The statistics were analyzed for descriptive data : percentage, distribution, arithmetic mean and standard deviation.

• Qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis.

Exercise in KKU & Sirinthorn

The results The results 

1. The subjects had mean score of predisposing such as knowledge and attitude toward health promotion  including practice on health promotion  in  high level score.

2. Both  institutes have  been  available  enabling and  reinforcing factors  for health promotion  lifestyle  among students in both institutes and communities.

1. The subjects had mean score of predisposing such as knowledge and attitude toward health promotion  including practice on health promotion  in  high level score.

2. Both  institutes have  been  available  enabling and  reinforcing factors  for health promotion  lifestyle  among students in both institutes and communities.

The results

• 3.Both  institutes have  conducted health promotion implementation by providing health promotion media and  integrate  in learning process   as well as various activities such as exhibition, meeting, projects, research and  interesting  intervention  for health promotion both inside and outside

Sex

21.8%

75.5%

sex

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Characteristic  Data  

Age -

Single

First year

Diploma Age 16 - 20 year

Single

First year 1

Diploma

Health Training within 1year

72.862.4

75.1 68.7

54.8

69.3

55.4

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Predisposing factor for Heath Promotion

: Knowledge

Knowledge Level Knowledge

number

Percent

High Moderate Low

795

31

10

95

1

37.12

Knowledge of Health promotion 2765. (SD = 1.81)

Predisposing Factor in Health Promotion

96.3%

3% 0.7%

High

Moderate

Low

Attitude

Enabling factor in Health Promotion

74.9 72.1

52.3 52

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Motivation by teacher

supporting organization

Resource allocation

Health promotion teaching

Reinforcing Factor in Health Promotion

59.4 61

42.547.7

42.5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1. Policy by Health 

promotion 

2. Supporting organization 

3. Criterion in health 

promotion 

4. Organization responsible   

5. Health promotion network 

Behavior Practice Health Promotion

55.7

40.3

31

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Regolarly Frequently Rarely Never

Acknowledgement

• Thank  Faculty of  Public Health, Khon Kaen University and Sirhinhorn Public Health College, Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

• Thank student  devote  their time in the research and good cooperation.

• Thank  foundation of public health education  institutes development  plan for health promotion organization for  financial  support.