Development of Model to Create Warm-hearted Family and Protect from Narcotics, Khok Cha-ngai Sub-district, Mueang District, Phatthalung Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research and development was to develop a model to create warm-hearted family and protect the narcotics in Khok Cha-ngai Sub-district, Mueang District, Phatthalung Province. This study was conducted by applying AIC process–population-based study, consisted of 60 persons; parents, community leaders, local personnel and the youth. The sample was purposively selected. Data was collected by questionnaire developed for studying warm-hearted family of South Regional Training and Public Health Development Center, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. The Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient of development of participatory process in the protection from narcotics of community leader was 0.73. Descriptive and analytical statistics in comparison of before and after level with paired t-test were used.

The results showed that there were 21 parents, 13 community leaders, 5 personnel and 21 juveniles participated in the study. Before a practical training, the parents and community leaders had attitudes towards warm-hearted family creation and protection from narcotics in moderate level from the consideration of each clause of the questionnaire. It found that the problem issues were namely the participants in the activity of the protection from narcotics had opinions as they wasted time and they might risk their lives). When they passed the practical training, it found that the parents and community leaders had attitudes towards warm-hearted family creation and protection from narcotics in high level. From such practical meeting, a project plan which the community could be self-managed, total 2 projects, namely; 1) The United Campaign against Narcotics Project, 2) Communities against Narcotics Project and projects requested assistance from other agencies, total 3 projects, namely; 1) Supporting, Encouraging and Participating of Teenager’s Friend and Mind Center, 2) The Warm-hearted Family Project and 3) The Sports against Narcotics Projects. From the comparison of mean in the attitudes of warm-hearted family for protection of narcotics of the parents and community leaders found that before and after attitudes in the training were signifcantly different (p-value < 0.001).