Effects of Hand Foot Mouth Preventive Behavior Program Through Online Media for Parents of Preschool Children, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

This quasi-experiment study with two groups pretest-posttest design was to examine the effects of online media for preventing HFMD on knowledge, self-efficacy, behaviors, and disease occurrence in parents of preschool children in Chaing Rai province. The program developed from the Social Cognitive Theory and Health Belief Model. The experimental group received five activities in the program. Data were collected between July to September 2022. The statistics for the data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results showed that the experimental group had a significantly higher knowledge score, self-efficacy in performing preventive behaviors, and prevention behavior than the comparison group (p-value <0.05). In addition, the program can increase knowledge, efficacy, and behaviors in preventing HFMD.