Development Situation of Public Health Personnel in Praboromarajchanok Institute to Support Primary Care Cluster (PCC) Team: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to study the development situation of public health personnel in Praboromarajchanok Institute to support the Primary Care Cluster (PCC) team. Two representative informants from the network of nursing and public health colleges in each part of Thailand: Northern, Northeastern, Central (two sections for this area- the 1^st and the 2^nd ones) and Southern parts were selected by their specific quality, then were classified into two groups: 1) fourteen directors or deputy directors of colleges under the jurisdiction of the Praboromarajchanok Institute 2) fourteen lecturers who are responsible for academic service or personnel development affairs. Documents were gathered from profound interviews. Content analyses were applied after the data saturation had come out, as well.

The significant findings from the research are: 1) the course management process is a step of country's health problem solution 2) each element of the whole system has its important part to drive courses focused on public health personnel development that can support our Primary Care Cluster teams 3) All involved parties cooperate with each other in building and developing the particular courses for colleges under the jurisdiction of the Praboromarajchanok Institute. Furthermore, the result of the study shows the effectiveness of the colleges in public health personnel development in order to assist the teams, which are 1) the comprehension of policy to actual practice, 2) the budget sufficiency, 3) the cooperation, along with co-research, from professionals from outside sections in case of solving problems and approaching appropriate academic services for the communities nearby. All lead to the active procedure for public health personnel development to support the Primary Care Cluster teams, as well.