Health Literacy for Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Thailand.

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and the second leading cause of death. The experimental research was used in this research. The purposes of this study aimed to determine the effect of a health literacy (HL) intervention for the prevention of IHD and stroke among at-risk populations. This research employed an experimental pretest and posttest design, and participants were divided into an experimental group and a control group, each with thirty persons. The experimental group was provided by a researcher with a health literacy intervention, while the control group was given only normal activities. The data were collected through questionnaires during September–November 2024. The data were analyzed through a comparison of the means with analysis of covariance and a presentation of mean differences and 95% CI. The results showed that the experimental group had higher mean scores of HL than the control group at a significance level of 0.05.