Ubol Thadang. Effect of systematic health education toward perceived benefits of action and health promotion behaviors in pregnant women with inadequate prenatal care . Master's Degree(Nursing Science). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2003.
Effect of systematic health education toward perceived benefits of action and health promotion behaviors in pregnant women with inadequate prenatal care
Abstract:
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to investigate the effects
of systematic health education on perceived benefits of action and health promotion
behaviors among pregnant women who have had inadequate prenatal care. The
samples were primigravida women who were attending the antenatal care clinic at
Photharam Hospital, Ratchaburi Province during February to June, 2003. The 76
samples were selected on a purposive sampling basis and divided into three groups –
24 samples in the control group received routine nursing care; 25 samples in
experimental group I received routine nursing care and a booklet; and 27 samples in
experimental group II received routine nursing care with a systematic health
education. Data were collected twice by a pretest and posttest questionnaire. Statistical
analysis used was analysis of covariance.
Results revealed that the pregnant women in experimental group II had
statistically significant higher scores of perceived benefits of action than those in
experimental group I and the control group (p < .05 and p < .01, respectively ). While
the health promotion behavior scores of pregnant women both in experimental group
II and experimental group I had a statistically significant higher mark than those in the
control group (p < .001 and p < .05, respectively).
These results prove the positive effects of systematic health education upon the
level of perceived benefits of action and health promotion behaviors in pregnant
women with inadequate prenatal care. Thus, systematic health education should be
integrated into nursing intervention as part of an instruction program to gain perceived
benefits of action which lead to sustainable appropriate health promotion behaviors.
An accompanying booklet seems to be useful if an intervention program is not
available.