The Factors Influencing Health Promotion of Monks in the Sangha District, Piboonrak District Udon Thani Province

Abstract

              This blended research aimed to explore the level of health promotion of monks, factors influencing health promotion and health promotion guideline of monks at Piboonrak district, Udon Thani province. The research was divided into 2 parts: 1) Quantitative study which conducted with 104 monk participants selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression analysis: and 2) Qualitative study which studied with 12 persons, including monks, local governors and community leaders. Data were collected by in-depth interviews and analyzed by content analysis. The findings indicated that:

          1.The overall level of health promotion, dependent variable, of the participants was in the middle (M=3.21 SD=.52). When considering the levels of three aspects of health promotion, there were in the middle as well, ranked from the highest to the lowest mean, shown as follows: implementation of health promotion policies (M= 3.28, SD= .51), evaluation of health promotion policies (M= 3.26, SD. = .60) and health promotion policy formulation (M= 3.08 SD= 51).

           2.There was one factor influencing health promotion of the participants and revealing as a community participation which had coefficient of forecasting variable in raw score (b) about .516.

           3. The health promotion guideline of monks should include the establishment of quality health care services for monks, supporting and developing networks and self-care of monks, setting health promotion model by community participation (local government organizations and community leaders), building up behavioral model of monks, as well as talking and changing data or information with monks. The policies to be implemented for monks should be clear in situation analysis of health problems and their causes based on indicators indicating the policy implementation and compliance.