Interactive non-infectious chronic disease avoidance community model in Nampad district, Uttaradit

Abstract

This interactive model action research focused on considering the interactive non-infectious chronic disease avoidance community model, process problems and obstacles, including successive factors of project operation in Nampad district, Uttaradit. The research was beginning with community study by motivated the community to participate the problem analysis. After the community primary data was retrieved, the project was planned and subsequently processed. Moreover, the project was evaluated together with the community. The data were retrieved by many methods such as community interactive observation, group discussion and field note using sample from purposive sampling method. In case of data verification, the data was also verified by group process, interview analysis and observation.

However, the data verification was done along with information gathering, and then they were categorized for content analysis. As a result, the interactive non-infectious chronic disease avoidance community model in Nampad district, Uttaradit was successfully established. The model was defined model constitute by following: (1) every generation exercise promotion, (2) appropriate eating promotion such as home-grown vegetable eating, Local vegetable eating, Buddhist Lent alcohol abstaining, Funeral alcohol abstaining and Smoking avoidance in social activities, (3) Community emotion promotion such as Buddhist holy day activities, meditation and relaxation. After the project was run, the obstacles were found in many cases including funds insufficiency for community activities. Moreover, community believes and traditions were improperly known in health care. In addition, the youth generation in the community hardly participated with this project.

Finally, the interactive non-infectious chronic disease at all.