Health Promotion in Thai Traditional Medicine Practice: Related Theories and Strategies
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Thai traditional medicine (TTM) practitioners are personnel who have been relying on the knowledge of Thai traditional medicine to take care of the health of Thai people for a long time. Personnel in this field have been upgraded and developed to meet the health needs in the new era, eventually becoming under the TTM and applied TTM professions, both of which play an essential role in the current Thai public health system. In addition to disease prevention, disease treatment, and health rehabilitation, an essential duty in the medical practice of TTM or applied TTM practitioners is health promotion, which is defined as the process of creating well-being and enabling people to improve their health. Those who will successfully promote the health of others must have knowledge and understanding of the health promotion process, especially the selection of content consistent with relevant theories at the individual, interpersonal, and community levels. This study includes selecting a strategy appropriate for the objectives and target groups to lead to health promotion practices that benefit people and the TTM or applied TTM profession in the future.
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