Effects of Using a Program of Student Role Model Development for Thai Children against COVID-19, Lower Primary School Level, A School in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to the effects of program of student role development for Thai children against COVID-19. Methods: A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 36 students in grades 1-3 in a lower primary school. The sample was selected using stratified random sampling to select 36 participants invited to a student role model development program for Thai children against COVID-19. The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Statistics were compared using Paired t-test. Results: The majority of the respondents were female (69.4%). The results revealed that after the COVID-19 learning bases program, the respondents had a mean score of the knowledge level of Corona Virus and prevention of COVID-19 spread showed a low level (M=9.75, SD=1.66). The skill level in wearing, removing the mask was a moderate level (M=2.14, SD=0.56), hand washing was a low level (M=1.47, SD=0.45), and the characteristics of Thai children against COVID-19 was a moderate level (M=21.73, SD=1.56). The effects of the COVID-19 learning bases showed that after participation, the knowledge level of Corona Virus and prevention of COVID-19 spread, the skill level in wearing, removing the mask, hand washing, and the characteristics of Thai children against COVID-19 were higher than before participated with statistically significant (p-value<0.001). Conclusion: The student role model development program for Thai children against COVID-19 should be expanded to promote an attribute of Thai children against COVID-19 to extensive all classroom classes, and to promote good health for effective prevention of the coronavirus spread.