Model of Participation among Faculties, Staff, and Students in Solid Waste Management at Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi

Abstract

This participatory action research aimed to create model of participation among faculties, staff, and students in solid waste management as well as to explore the effects of using the model on knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding solid waste management and volume of solid waste. The samples consisted of 688 faculties, staff, and students at Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi. The research instruments included the personal information questionnaire, the participation in solid waste management questionnaire with the reliability of .86, the knowledge regarding solid waste management test with the reliability of .78, the attitude regarding solid waste management questionnaire with the reliability of .90, the behavior regarding solid waste management questionnaire with the reliability of .95, the volume of solid waste record form, and the solid waste management interview guide. The implementation and data collection were conducted from October, 2019 to January, 2020. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and content analysis.

The research results revealed that the model of participation among faculties, staff, and students in solid waste management were composed of the participation in decision making for solid waste management, the participation in performing for solid waste management, the participation in benefit receiving from solid waste management, and the participation in evaluating for solid waste management. Additionally, after using the model, the samples had statistically significant higher mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and behavior regarding solid waste management than those of before using the model (Z = -10.979, p < .001; Z = -13.462, p < .001 and Z = -14.605, p < .001, respectively). Additionally, it was found that the volume of solid waste was decreased.

This research suggests that educational executives should apply this solid waste management model for developing the model of participation among staff in solid waste management in order to get the effective outcomes.