Opinion of local health security committee toward management in Chaibadan district, Lopburi province

Abstract

The purpose of this mixed methods study is to investigate opinion of Local Health Security Committee (LHSC) into Local Health Security Fund (LHSF) management. This study used a quantitative questionnaire to assess opinion, as well as, qualitative in-depth interviews. 257 participants completed the questionnaires and 9 committee members were interviewed. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U Test, Kruskal-Wallis H Test, and Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient. This study showed the average opinion-level of LHSC towards overall management was good ( =3.90, SD=0.462). And also input factor, process, and result were good ( =3.72, SD=0.478), ( =3.98, SD= 0.526) and ( =4.02, SD= 0.616) respectively. The finding indicated that the average opinion-level of LHSC board towards input factor regarding role of committee member in LHSF and member-time were significantly at the 0.01 level. The average opinion-level of LHSC towards output factor regarding habitual occupation of committee member and member-time were significantly at the 0.05 and 0.01 respectively. Qualitative data provided context for the qualitative finding, less inhabitant participation and lacking knowledge toward LHSC’s management as major obstacles. LHSF could publicize about LHSF’s usefulness and role. LHSF could support inhabitant participatory process, and develop knowledge and performance of LHSC in management.