Health Promoting Volunteers’ Skill Development for Protection of Consumers’ Safety from Drugs Available at Grocery Shops
Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Introduction: This is a quasi-experiment of one sample group with pre-test and post-test to identify health promoting volunteersh skill development for protection of consumersh safety from drugs available at grocery shops in Detudom district, Ubon Ratchathani province. Methods: The sample group comprises of 50 health promoting volunteers who participated in a workshop organized by the researcher to disseminate knowledge on drugs. The activities conducted by the authors were examples, questions and answers, and recreation. Media used in the activities were knowledge boards, drug samples which can be found at the grocery stores. Health volunteers have been attended the base consisted of drug samples. The research assistant was at the base and evaluated each volunteer. Data were then collected from questionnaires as well as drug-relating skills at grocery shops before and after participated. General data were then analyzed with statistics including the average, the standard deviation and paired t-test. Results: The results show that the majority of the sample group was female. The average age was 48, agriculture, and to be a health promoting volunteer for 6 years on average. More than half of them were never participated in any training session relating to drugs available at grocery shops. Before and after the participation, their knowledge related to drugs was statistically significant (p<0.001) with mean ± standard deviation 19.58 ± 3.68 and 24.8 ± 3.31 (out of 30 marks), respectively while their skill related to drugs before and after the participation was statistically significant (p<0.001) with mean ± standard deviation 13.08 ± 1.53 and 14.92 ±0.44, (out of 15 marks) respectively. Conclusion: The activity to disseminate knowledge on drugs can be used to improve health promoting volunteersh knowledge and skills statistical significant. As a result, accurate knowledges and skills of health promoting volunteers could monitor an illegal drug at grocery shops for safety of drug using in their communities.
Author: Chirawan Pitchat
Language: Thai
Subfield: Pharmacy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2677402613