Factors affecting the success of policy implementation Volunteer Home Doctor to practice at Nakhon Nayok province
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This analytical Cross-sectional study aimed to study the level of success and factors affecting the success of policy implementation. Village health volunteers go to practice Nakhon Nayok Province. Study between September and November 2022. The sample group consisted of 204, village health volunteers by multi-stage random sampling. The tool used was a questionnaire on success levels and 6 related factors. Statistics used were mean, percentage, standard deviation, and multiple regression. The study found that. The success in implementing the policy was at a high level. The top 3 rankings were surveillance, prevention, and disease control ( = 4.03 S.D. = 0.55), followed by health promotion ( = 3.89, S.D. = 0.56) and the use of digital technology ( = 3.86, S.D. = 0.65), respectively. As for the factors significantly related to the success level of policy implementation (p < 0.001), It was found that aspect 1 was the clarity of the policy objectives, the qualifications of the hospital, and the persons involved. Factors 2: Qualifications of Public Health Hospital and personnel performing duties. Factor 3: Qualifications of Public Health Hospital and personnel performing duties. Factor 4: Policy resource factors. and personnel performing duties. The 5th aspect is policy resource factors. and the person performing the duty and the 6th aspect is the policy resource factor and persons performing duties. It can be seen that the personal factor of duty personnel is related to the level of success in all aspects. Therefore, this factor can be applied to the implementation of other public health policies.
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