Key result
Community-based health literacy program reduces systolic blood pressure by ~5 mmHg at 6 weeks.
Why the study?
Engaging end users through co-design is essential for developing effective and sustainable hypertension prevention interventions, and rigorous evaluation helps identify barriers to enhance acceptability and impact.
Does a community-based Health Literacy Program improve feasibility, acceptability, and blood pressure in adults with prehypertension?
Does a community-based Health Literacy Program improve feasibility, acceptability, and blood pressure in adults with prehypertension?
Effect estimate: η2p = 0.43
Absolute Event Rate: 123.9% vs 129.3%
p-value: p=0.004
A co-designed community-based health literacy program is feasible and acceptable, showing preliminary efficacy in reducing blood pressure among adults with prehypertension in rural Thailand.
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Supports feasibility in small rural cohorts; hypothesis-generating for BP reduction, requiring larger trials before practice change.
Bawornthip et al. (2026) studied Prehypertension (n=12). Community-based Health Literacy Program (HeLP-PH) vs. Baseline was evaluated on Systolic blood pressure (η2p = 0.43, p=0.004). The community-based health literacy program was highly feasible and significantly reduced systolic blood pressure from 129.3 mmHg at baseline to 123.9 mmHg at 6-week follow-up.
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