This research is a quasi-experimental with one group before and after test design. The objectives were to study the effects of health education program with stimulation on pesticide prevention behavior: a case study of farmers in Bankhaothongphangab, Bannumphu sub - district, KhiriMat district, Sukhothai province. The sample consisted of 45 farmers join health education program with stimulation, To achieve the perceived severity, perceived risk, perceived Self-Efficacy of And pesticide prevention behavior. The instruments for data consisted with; questionnaire on perceived severity, the perceived risk, the efficacy of and pesticide prevention behavior. The application of research Sujitta Yodchan. The content validity index:CIV were 0.94 and The reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient were 0.83, 0.93, 0.85 and 0.93 respetivly. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Comparison of scores before and after the program by using the statistics Paired t-test significant 0.05.
The results showed that after joining the program sample the average score perceived severity, perceived risk, pesticide perceived Self-Efficacy in the use of pesticides better before joining the program significant statistical p-vale = 0.001, 0.001 and 0.001 respectively for pesticide prevention behavior after joining the program sample the average score pesticide prevention behavior pesticides better before joining the program significant statistical p-vale = 0.001
The results of this research indicated that the health education program with stimulation Make the samples are perceived severity, perceived risk, the perceived Self-Efficacy and pesticide prevention behavior better. So can be used as guidelines for health promotion activities to provide farmers with pesticide prevention behavior next.