Factors Affecting Herbal Use Behaviors for Self-Healthcare of People in Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
Keywords:
PRECEDE-PROCEED model, Predisposing factors, Enabling factors, Reinforcing factors, Herbal use behaviorsAbstract
This research aimed to explore (1) predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors and herbal use behaviors for self-healthcare and (2) factors related to herbal use behaviors for self-healthcare among the people in Mueang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 766 people selected using multi-stage sampling method from all 155,965 residents in Mueang district of the province. The sample size was calculated based on the known population. Data were collected in September 2022 and then analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis.
The results showed that, behavior of using herbs for self-Healthcare was at a moderate level and factors related to herbal use behaviors among the people included age, herbal use experiences, place, price, product and herbal promotion, community promotion of herbal use and media exposure to such use; all of which had a predicting power of 23% on the behaviors towards the use of herbal remedies for self-healthcare among the people.
Recommendation is to encourage people to plant herbs around their homes to increase self-care with herbs of the people even more.
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