Road traffic injury prevention model by community checkpoint setting; Khon Kaen Province, 2016

Abstract

Injuries and deaths from road traffic is a major problem. Resulting in the loss of life, property and the economy, the community checkpoint setting is one of the interventions to prevent and reduce road traffic injuries, which is a collaboration of all sectors in the community. Road traffic injury prevention model by community checkpoint setting; Khon Kaen Province, 2016 is action research in Phon and Chum Phae districts. The sample was chosen by purposive consists of district road traffic center board, community leaders, village health volunteers (VHV.), sub-district health providers and people in the community. The event was attended during December 2015 - September 2016. Data was collected into quantitative assessment of the performance of community checkpoint, road traffic injuries’ perception and number of deaths; qualitative data from in-depth interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis and use descriptive statistics for quantitative data. The results show that the model developed over the past two spirals of the research, the first implementation of the New Year festival includes a planning, action, observation and reflection. Revise an action plan for the second round, and then repeat evaluations during the Songkran festival. A model developed consists of eight stages: (1) Driven through district road traffic center board (RTI center) that integrated with the district health system (DHS) (2) Management of information from hospitals and health districts regarding situation analysis, risk points and solution (3). All sectors in the community identify the problem and its causes. Find guidelines and the measures taken by the community meetings, focus group (4) A “policy community” and an action plan incorporating the community. Identify the individual responsible. (5) Performed as planned (6) Assessing the community’s checkpoints by three principles (3 T), supervision to empower, visits with the participation of all sectors. (7) Lessons learned and shared (8) Assessment the model development, the results found that the model in Songkran festival was clear up, create a community rules that called “Community Policy”, the checkpoint are cover all the route through the main road, identify and fix the risk point by community participation. The impact of the model affects to reduce the number of death. Therefore, should be expanded the model to other areas and conducted in the whole year even in and off the festival by integration through RTI center and DHS, which the director of health district office has joined the team as secretarial. However, encourage respect for all laws that involved, law enforcement, and strengthening the community intervention for Alcohol Control Act B.E. 2008.