The development of a healthy community model through the participation process of village health volunteer leaders

Abstract

The action research study aimed to develop a healthy community model through the participation process of village health volunteers. The sample group consisted of 15 people, consisting of 10 village health volunteers, a village headman, 2 people in the community, a government representative, and a private sector representative. The sample was selected by purposive sampling. The tools consisted of 1) a semi-structured interview, 2) a focus group guideline and 3) questionnaires of satisfaction. Content validity was checked by 3 experts. Content validity indexes were .66 - 1.00 and reliability coefficients were .81. Qualitative data was analyzed by content analysis and quantitative data by means, and standard deviation.

The results found that: 1. The community setting is an economic a region on the southern coast of the Gulf of Thailand. In addition to fishing, farming, and tourism. There were also reports of non-communicable diseases and epidemics associated with tourism. 2. A healthy community model consists of 1) guidelines for preventing the occurrence of chronic non-communicable diseases, including changing risky behavior in food consumption. Knowledge training and non-toxic agriculture 2) guidelines for disease surveillance from tourists 3) monitoring the process of developing a healthy model community 3. After the operation, the sample group was satisfied at a high level (  = 4.28, SD = 0.56).