The Development Learning Activity of Elderly Health Promotion Base on Indigenous Vegetables Wisdom: Case Study Salung – Keelek Community, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province
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This mixed method aims to 1) study Indigenous vegetables wisdom knowledge and 2) develop and test the efficiency of learning activities for health promotion based on indigenous vegetable wisdom. 300 elderly people and 47 stakeholders live in Saluang-Keelek community, Maerim District, Chiangmai Province. Data collected by learning activities and tests. The descriptive, efficiency of E1/E2 according to the set criteria of 80 /80 and a paired t - test were used for data analysis. The results indicated that the elderly have the knowledge of Indigenous vegetables in good level (89.10 %). The learning activities consisted of indigenous vegetable species knowledge, utilities, and local wisdom transfer and conservation. The efficiency value was specified at 80.00/80.00 percent (80.56/85.80). In a comparison of learning activities, the post – learning achievement score was higher than the pre – learning achievement score (p - value = 0.007). In conclusion, the elderly recommend increasing the time for activity and developing facilitators in community learning management.
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