1Student of Doctoral Program of Public Health, Department of Public Health Administration Health Promotion Nutrition
2Department of Public Health Administration Health Promotion Nutrition
3Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
This study was aimed to investigate the effects of the Integration of PRECEDE-PROCEED Model and Health Literacy in behavioral modification for weight control among overweight and obesity of adolescents in the Northeast of Thailand. This study was an experimental intervention. The sample size included 80 Mattayom 2 students in 2 lower-secondary school. It was two group clusters randomized controlled trial that were divided into 2 groups of intervention (40) and the control (40) in lower-secondary school in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
The results were concluded that the experimental group had better health behavior including physical activities (Mean difference = 9.47, 95% CI = 7.38 to 11.55, P-value < 0.001), consumption behaviors (Mean difference = 9.45, 95% CI = 6.75 to 12.15, P-value < 0.001) and behaviors of coping with emotion (Mean difference = 8.48, 95% CI = 6.16 to10.79, P-value < 0.001) more than the control group with statistical significance at the level of 0.05
This means that the integration of the PRECEDE-PROCEED Model with health literacy can increase in the average score of health behaviors higher than before the experiment. The clinical result of obesity which decreased means that study can be used as a model for controlling and preventing overweight and obesity of adolescents and in other areas.
Overweight, Obesity, Health Education, Weight Control
