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The Impact of Using Online Media on Mental Health Literacy for the Prevention of
Postpartum at Koh Kha Hospital, Lampang Province

P. Onta and R. Wutti 1
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Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchanok Institute, Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Nakhon Lampang,
Thailand

Background: The postpartum period typically spans from the delivery of the infant and placenta up
to six weeks after childbirth. Mental health literacy comprises of awareness, understanding, access to
care, and problem-solving skills for mental health issues.

Objective: To evaluate the mental health literacy scores of postpartum women both prior to and
subsequent to utilizing online media.

To compare the depression assessment scores of these women before and after utilizing online
resources.

Methods: The research design is quasi-experimental, employing a one-group pretest-posttest design.

Results: The study revealed a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level in mothers’ postnatal
mental health knowledge mean scores before (X̄ ̅̅ = 9.33, SD = 1.87) and after (X̄ ̅̅ = 12.58, SD = 1.98) utilizing
online media. However, there was no statistically significant difference in beliefs about mental health and
mental disorders before (X̄ ̅̅ = 3.20, SD = 0.23) and after (X̄ ̅̅ = 3.22, SD = 0.21) utilizing online media. Additionally,
concerning the ability to recognize, prevent, and manage mental health problems, there was a statistically
significant difference before (X̄ ̅̅ = 3.03, SD = 0.39) and after (X̄ ̅̅ = 3.16, SD = 0.38) utilizing online media at the
0.05 level. It is important to note that there was no statistically significant difference in postnatal depression
before (X̄ ̅̅ = 2.61, SD = 2.67) and after (X̄ ̅̅ = 2.58, SD = 2.71) using online media.

Conclusion: This ensure that illiterate mothers can grasp the content, generating audio recordings
for mothers to listen to, given that some may possess insufficient literacy skills to read or comprehend
written information.

Keywords: online media, mental literacy, postpartum depress

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Correspondence: Rungkarn Wutti, Faculty of Nursing Praboromarajchanok Institute, Boromarajonani
College of Nursing, Nakhon Lampang, Thailand
E-mail: Rungkarn.w@mail.bcnlp.ac.th
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