The effect of the potential development program for village health volunteers by applying the self-efficacy theory and social support on health behavior of village health volunteers in Kong Thu Subdistrict, Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research, single group pre-test and post-test, aimed to study the effects of a village health volunteer potential development program by applying the theory of self-efficacy and social support on health behaviors of village health volunteers in Kong Thu Sub-district, Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province. The sample consisted of 88 village health volunteers in Kong Thu Sub-district, Nong Phai District, Phetchabun Province, who were selected by purposive sampling. The experimental group participated in the activities according to the potential development program applying the theory of self-efficacy and the theory of self-efficacy support. Data were collected using a questionnaire with content validity between 0.67 and 1.00 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the self-efficacy and social support questionnaires. And health behavior were equal to 0.906, 0.897 and 0.865, respectively. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Paired samples t-test. The research results found that the majority of the sample were female (68.2 percent). 47.7 percent were aged 45-60 years, 77.27 percent were married, 55.68 percent had worked as village health volunteers for more than 10 years, 42.1 percent had completed primary school, 62.5 percent were farmers, and 56.8 percent had no underlying diseases. After the experiment, the sample group had a higher mean score of self-efficacy perception, social support, and health behavior than before the experiment, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level. This indicates that the potential development program can effectively enhance self-efficacy perception, social support, and health behavior of village health volunteers.