FACTORS RELATED TO THE HEALTH PROMOTION OF VILLAGE PUBLIC HEALTH VOLUNTEERS IN WANGHIN SUB-DISTRICT, MUANG-TAK DISTRICT, TAK PROVINCE
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BACKGROUND: Thailand, there has been an increasing number of health problems from illnesses due to non-communicable diseases or chronic diseases over the past 10 years, especially hypertension, heart disease and diabetes, Village Health Volunteers play an important role in leading the change in health behaviors through communication. Build health surveillance, prevention and control of chronic non-communicable diseases in the community, leading to the development of self-care for the people, families and communities.
OBJECTIVE: The aimed to study factors related to the health promotion of village public health volunteers in Wanghin sub–district, Muang Tak district, Tak province.
METHODS: This research is a cross-sectional survey research. The sample was the village health volunteers, Wang Hin Subdistrict, Mueang Tak District. Tak Province, aged 18-60 years, consisted of 143 people, which were obtained by stratified sampling. Data were collected by manual questionnaire between May 2021 and June 2021. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Statistics.
RESULTS: The results showed that village public health volunteers had knowledge about health promotion in a good level at 97.20%, the overall attitudes of village public health volunteers were indicated a moderate level at 44.80%, and the overall health promotion of village health volunteers was at a moderate level, accounting for 46.90%. The study found that the factor related to the health promotion of village public health volunteers with statistically significant including, a marital status, a length of time being a village health volunteer, occupation and attitudes about health promotion (r= 0.259; p<0.002, r= 0.162; p=0.050, r= -0.379; p<0.001, and r= -.0.379, p<0.001 respectively). While, the knowledge about health promotion, education and monthly income were the factors which not statistically related to the health promotion of village public health volunteers.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Occupation and attitudes about health promotion were the factors which significantly related with the health promotion of village public health volunteers in the opposite directions. Thus, we suggest that Wang Hin Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, and responsible should develop the guideline for occupational management and attitudes towards health promotion to be the more effective village health volunteers.
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