THE EFFECTS OF HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL ON HEALTH STATUS OF THE STAFFS IN BOROMARAJONANI COLLEGE OF NURSING, BUDDHACHINARAJ
Keywords:
participatory action research, health promotion model, health statusAbstract
This participatory action research aimed to study the result of health promotion model on health status of the staffs in Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Buddhachinaraj. The results found that health promotion model of the staffs in Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Buddhachinaraj consisted of 4 steps as follows: 1) Analysing participatory problem 2) Shifting toward a new paradigm of health status from age and disease to self-health status by promoting healthy living 3) Workshop for creative future and thought provoking and 4) Making agreements and encouragement in health promotion. The health status of the staffs before and after using health promotion model in terms of BMI, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, blood sugar and triglyceride revealed that the difference was statistically significant at the .05 level (p = 0.05).
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