AIDS Prevention Activity in Songkhla Province

Abstract

The purpose of this participatory action research was to describe the process for
the enhancement of community practice to promote AIDS prevention activities in Songkhla
province. The research was carried out in communities for eleven months, two researchers,
two consultants, four health care providers and forty one community health leaders
participated in AIDS prevention activities. The instruments were Individual and group
interview questionnaires, field-notes, photos, tape records, and participating observations.
The content analysis was done.
The results of this study are presented as follows: (1) the participation of all
sectors in three phases including planning, implementing, and evaluating was the process
to promote AIDS prevention activities which the collaboration of province, district, and subdistrict
level. Different objectives and various techniques