Key Success Factors And Organizational Climate Taffecting The Prevention And Control Of Communicable Diseases Among Public Health Officers at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals In Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

ABSTRACT

          This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study key success factors and organizational climate taffecting the prevention and control of communicable diseases among public health officers at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. A set of 139 health personnel at sub-district health promoting hospitals was randomly selected by systematic random sampling technique from 248 populations. Data was collected by questionnaire for quantitative data which was examined and verified by the three experts for content validity. For items objective congruence (IOC), all items were more than 0.50, the reliability of the questionnaire had a Cronbach's alpha coefficient at 0.98, and the in-depth interview guidelines to collect for the qualitative data from 12 key informants. Data was collected between 23^rd January 2024 to 11^th February 2024. Data analysis was performed by descriptive and inferential statistics at a significance level of 0.05.

          The results showed that the overall level of key success factors and organizational climate and the level of work on prevention and control of infectious diseases were at a high, with averages of 4.25 (S.D.= 0.47), 4.30 (S.D.= 0.47) and 4.33     (S.D.= 0.44), respectively.  The overall of the key success factors and organizational climate were statistically significant. and has a high relationship with communicable disease prevention and control operations (r=0.778, p-value < 0.001, r=0.823, p-value < 0.001), respectively. Three variables comprised of the organizational climate; responsibility dimension and operational standard dimensions and success factors in operations in areas where there is readiness and willingness to participate affected and could jointly predict the performance of communicable disease prevention and control of public health personnel in sub-district health promotion Khon Kaen province. 76.5 percent (R² = 0.765, p-value < 0.001) (95%CI = 0.126 - 0.275)