A Model Management during Epidemic of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in Community Level among Samut Songkhram Province
Keywords:
management, epidemic of coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, community levelAbstract
The study was a descriptive research using mixed methods of evaluation research and qualitative research. The objective was to study the management model during coronavirus 2019 epidemic in community level of Samut Songkhram province. Participants were the member of District Health Committee which consisting of three districts. Data were collected by using questionnaires, focus group interviews of 63 key informants, 15 in-depth interviews, and documentary analysis. Qualitative data were analyzed by using content analysis. CIPP Model was used as the conceptual framework including 4 aspects: context, input, process, and product. Furthermore, Gulick’s POSDCoRB theory of organization including 7 elements namely, planning, organizational structure, manpower, command, co-ordination, reporting, and budgeting. This study conducted between October and November 2021. The results showed that COVID-19 was spread across the province from people who were working and trading over the provincial neighbor of Samut Sakhon and Phetchaburi which resulted in an increasing of an infectious and mortality rate. The effective performance of COVID-19 management model was the COVID-19 epidemic situational management process including the policy adoption, delivering strategic plans from provincial level to districts and to community level by collaborative networks and multidisciplinary team. This able to enable the management process that could be in line with the strategic plan which improving the efficiency and to achieve the goal of the spread control for COVID-19 epidemic.
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