Perspective of the competent authorities towards law enforcement on communicable disease act. B.E. 2558: A case study of COVID - 19 in Phetchabun Province

Authors

  • Suthep Wanna Health Academic Professional level, Phetchabun District Health office
  • Janejira Kiatsinsub Leader of Community relations team, Internal Security Operations Command: Phetchabun
  • Komnate Inpinit Nurse Instructor, Boromarajonani College of Nursing Changwat Nonthaburi

Keywords:

Law enforcement, Coronavirus COVID-19, Competent authority' perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive research was to study the perspective of the competent authority towards law enforcement measures under the Communicable Diseases Act B.E. 2558, in the case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The samples were 368 competent authorities under the Communi cable Diseases Act B.E. 2558 (No.3 and No.4) B.E. 2563 and 5 Provincial and District executive officers in Phetchabun Province. Data collection tools consisted of (1) a questionnaire related to the competent officers' views on law enforcement measures and a knowledge test and (2) an in-depth interview. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, One-Way ANOVA, and independent t-test, and the content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.
The results showed that the subjects had knowledge towards the Communicable Diseases Act at a high level ( = 13.07, S.D. = 2.12), and they had perspective towards law enforcement measuresunder the Communicable Diseases Act at a high level ( = 4.04, S.D. = 1.18). The differences between gender, occupations, educational levels, and workplaces of competent authorities significantly affected their perspective towards law enforcement measures under the Communicable Diseases Act in the case of COVID-19 at p-value < 0.05. The results of the content analysis revealed that the effectiveness of law enforcement on the Communicable Diseases Act COVID-19 was depended on the law enforcement that can be effective and the law that must be enforced fully with respect to any law enforcement official.

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2020-12-28

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Wanna, S., Kiatsinsub, J., & Inpinit, K. (2020). Perspective of the competent authorities towards law enforcement on communicable disease act. B.E. 2558: A case study of COVID - 19 in Phetchabun Province. Journal of Public Health and Health Sciences Research, 2(3), 54–68. Retrieved from https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPHNU/article/view/244656

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2020): Vol.2 No.3 Semtember – December 2020

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