The Evaluation of Health Promoting Model for Obesity Children to Control Weight and Cholesterol Levels; Amphoe Mueang Samut Sakhon Province - การประเมินรูปแบบส่งเสริมสุขภาพเด็กอ้วนในการควบคุมน้ำหนักและระดับคอลเลสเตอรอล อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดสมุทรสาคร

Abstract

        “The evaluation of Health Promoting model of obesity children to controlling weight and cholesterol levels; Amphoe Mueang, Samut Sakhon province" was a quasi-experimental research study. The purpose of this research was to compare the knowledge, attitudes, body weight and height and cholesterol levels, before and after the program to promote the health of obese children. In data collection, questionnaires about knowledge, attitude, recording the body weight and cholesterol levels of obese students in grade 7 were used among samples of 37 obese children participating in the health promotion and included in an experimental group, and 37 control subjects who did not. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. To compare the level of knowledge and attitudes towards weight for height ratio and cholesterol levels, between the experimental and control groups, independent sample t-test was employed while paired t-test was used for comparison within the group, before and after the event. Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test were used for comparison the personal data, between the experimental group and the control group. The results indicated when attending it, differences between average scores on knowledge and attitudes to control the weight of obese children of the experimental group and control group were significant (p<0.001). The experimental group had an average score of knowledge, attitude of controlling body weight higher than the control group. When comparison was made within each group, the experimental group showed positive improvements after the participation in terms of knowledge and attitude. On the contrary, marked reductions in terms of weight for height ratio and cholesterol level were observed. The differences of the pre - post levels were statistically significant (p<0.001). Within the control group increases of knowledge, attitude and cholesterol levels were observed showing significant differences (p<0.05), yet weight for height ratio did not showed any significant difference (p>0.05). In
that connection, strategy on participations of school children in order to develop health promotion model for obese children in weight control in the urban area of Samut Sakhon province should be further improved.
Key words: health promoting model, controlling weight, obese children