HP 1.1 – Health Literacy Evidence

Healthy University Rating System (HURS)

University : Siam University

Country : Thailand

Web Address : https://sustainability.siam.edu

HP 1 Health Literacy

[1.1] Comprehensive Health Literacy Initiatives

Description:

Siam University promotes health literacy on a healthy lifestyle through all five channels listed by HURS: posters and boards on campus, health events with printed and web materials, social-media channels of the health-science faculties, regular training for older people, community leaders, volunteers and young people, and health screening with individual advice (Table HP 1.1.1). Most activities are led by the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Nursing, with the Student Union and the Faculty of Communication Arts supporting health communication.

Faculty of Nursing Elderly Club. The club meets on campus about every two months. In 7 sessions from June 2025 to August 2026, older adults attended 532 times, with 438 nursing-student and 63 lecturer attendances. Each session combines exercise (Tai Chi, aerobics, low-impact and posture exercise), meditation and health knowledge, and is evaluated by the members; mean satisfaction was 4.37 out of 5 (Table HP 1.1.2). Members’ requests in the evaluations led to new topics, for example knee-friendly exercise and dementia prevention (Table HP 1.1.4). Health materials such as leg-cramp prevention and hand-massage guides are also sent to the club’s LINE group.

Screening with individual advice. On 29 June 2026 nursing students and lecturers screened 77 club members for frailty, nutrition, abdominal obesity, cognition and depression and gave health advice; the club follows up members at risk (Table HP 1.1.3).

Selected level: 4 Items or More – 20 of 20 points. All 5 HURS activities are in place (weight 1.00 × 20 points = 20 points).

Score calculation – HP 1.1 (20 points)

Score = 20 points × level weight. Siam University: 5 of 5 activities → 4 Items or More → 20 × 1.00 = 20 points. Without item 1 the University still has 4 items, so the score stays 20 points. Weights from the HURS 2026 online form.

Table HP 1.1.1 – HURS health literacy activities at Siam University

Green: activity in place. Sources: Sustainability Report 2025–2026; SDG Report 2024–2025; Elderly Club schedules and evaluation reports; SI 6.1, SI 6.2 and SI 8.1 evidence.

Table HP 1.1.2 – Faculty of Nursing Elderly Club sessions, June 2025 – August 2026

Source: Elderly Club activity schedules and evaluation reports, Faculty of Nursing. Numbers are attendances per session; satisfaction is the overall mean from each evaluation. All sessions in the 5th-floor seminar room, Building 12 (Chaloem Phrakiat Building).

Table HP 1.1.3 – Health screening of Elderly Club members, 29 June 2026

Source: evaluation report “Seniors Who Care About Health”, 29 June 2026. Group totals only; no individual data are shown.

Table HP 1.1.4 – Use of members’ feedback in the next sessions

Source: suggestions in the Elderly Club evaluation reports and the programmes of the following sessions.

Evidence to attach:

• Event records and feedback: Sustainability Report 2025–2026 – https://sustainability.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/SDG_report_2025_2026.pdf (pp. 28, 48, 49, 54); SDG Report 2024–2025 – https://sustainability.siam.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SDG-report-2024-2025.pdf

• Elderly Club programmes (agendas) and evaluation reports with participant numbers and feedback, June 2025 – August 2026.

• Online materials: https://sustainability.siam.edu/goal-3/; https://sites.google.com/view/nodepscr/home; https://www.youtube.com/@osotsiamsu1802