FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH LITERACY TO PREVENT COVID-19 INFECTION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN AOJIANG TOWN, CHINA
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COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergence of global health threat and caused unprecedented damage to the educational system worldwide including China. Teachers should be role models of preventive COVID-19 practices for students and communities especially primary school teachers. Hence, the health literacy to prevent COVID-19 of primary school teachers are important. The aims of this research are to examine identify health literacy to prevent COVID-19 and related factors of primary school teachers in Aojing town, China. The sample size was calculated, totally 300 primary school teachers from a total of 547 teachers from the 8 primary schools were selected by proportional stratified random sampling. Cross-sectional survey study was employed for the research. The questionnaire was tested for validity by 3 experts with IOC more than 0.5 and reliability by 30 secondary school teachers with KR-21 of 0.84. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test and multiple regression by SPSS. The findings were the moderate health literacy to prevent COVID-19 of teachers. The factors influencing preventive COVID-19 practices were perception, highest education level and work experiences of teachers. The suggestion is schools should promote health literacy to prevent COVID-19 for making perceptions especially under graduating and working less than 5 year teachers.
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ลิขสิทธิ์บทความวิจัยที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เผยแพร่ในวารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ วไลยอลงกรณ์ ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์ ถือเป็นกรรมสิทธิ์ของคณะมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏวไลยอลงกรณ์ ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์ ห้ามนำข้อความทั้งหมดหรือบางส่วนไปพิมพ์ซ้ำ เว้นแต่จะได้รับอนุญาตจากมหาวิทยาลัยเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษร
ความรับผิดชอบ เนื้อหาต้นฉบับที่ปรากฏในวารสารมนุษยศาสตร์และสังคมศาสตร์ วไลยอลงกรณ์ ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์ เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์บทความหรือผู้เขียนเอง ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากเทคนิคการพิมพ์
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