Development of Health Strategic Management in Nong Khai Province

Abstract

This research and development study with the objective to develop, evaluate the development of health strategic management system (SMS) process using PDCA and CIPP Model in Nong Khai Province. It was designed as a research and development study. The 2 groups of samples were selected: Group 1, 240 public health personnel’s working SMS; Group 2, 35 members of public health boards, the research tools consisted of document analysis. The data were collected using an opinion evaluation questionnaires and questionnaires (IOC=0.94 Cronbach^, s alpha coefficient= 0.97) for focus groups in order to identify elements that health strategic management success in the implementation of the model. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The quantitative data were presented as percentage, mean, standard deviation. The qualitative data were described using content analyzed.

The results of this research found that Nong Khai Model Health Strategic Management system 1) Strategic management by public health boards were planning implementation monitoring & evaluation 2) The process of strategic implementation development of policy making strategic plan by the systematic Six Building Blocks and network participation evaluate the development Nong Khai Public Health Evaluation Program (eVA NKPH) and Evaluation Report (eVA REPORT) 3) The overall opinions on the Nong Khai Model Health Strategic Management system process at a high to highest level (76.6% Mean= 4.00, S.D.= 0.62). It was suggested that executive at all levels should pay attention to the strategic management process especially when transferring the policy into practices. The development Nong Khai Public Health Evaluation Program (eVA NKPH) and Evaluation Report (eVA REPORT) should be taken into consideration for further development and implementation to every public health provincial officers.