The Model of Community Participation for Coronavirus 2019 Surveillance and Control in Ban NaNueaSubdistrict, AoLuek District, Krabi Province

Abstract

This Participatory Action Research aimed to develop a Model of Community Participation for Coronavirus 2019 Surveillance and Control in Ban NaNueaSubdistrict, AoLuek District, Krabi Province. Four steps of model development comprised 1) Planning, 2) Implementation, 3) Observation, and 4) Reflection. Data were collected from 50 key informants during April - July 2023, including two professional nurses in Ao Luek Hospital and a health-promoting hospital, two public health technical officers, thirty village health volunteers, and fifteen community service recipients. Then, data were analyzed by content analysis and narrative analysis.

The participatory model of surveillance prevention and infection control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 comprised five components: 1) Internal-Safety Administration (I1) 2) Internal-Active Risk Finding (I2) 3) Community Active Risk Finding (C1) 4) Coordination and information management for risk communication, and 5) Community measures implementation and Law enforcement (C3) or the 2I3C model. This model was developed after the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak with the reduction of government measures in surveillance prevention and infection control. However, in preparing for various epidemic situations, the management processes in surveillance and control of infectious disease should be continuously developed together with the preparation of community readiness and health service units regulated by service standards.