The Development of Health Promotion Model By Community Participation in Bang Krathum Organic Agricultural Processing Community Enterprise

Abstract

          This research and development aimed to 1. explore knowledge, understanding and access to health information and health promotion behaviors, 2. create and develop a health promotion model, and 3. investigate the effectiveness of the obtained model. The population and sample consisted of  members of the community enterprise, organizational leaders in the community, and health personnel. The tools used in this research included interviews and questionnaires. Data were collected by the focus group and questionnaires to analyze the qualitative data by content and general information through descriptive statistics and compare the results before and after using the paired sample t-test statistics. The research results found that the sample group had understanding of access to information and health behavior in a high level. The obtained model consisted of 3 important elements, i.e., 1) community enterprise with the role of (1) adjusting health self-care behavior, (2) creating health awareness, (3) developing practical skills for health promotion; 2) community and local leaders with the role of (1) promoting the integration of people in the community, (2) supporting the organized activities for learning together, (3) creating a network of community enterprise; and 3) healthcare unit personnel with the role of (1) providing proactive health services for health promotion, (2) developing multidisciplinary teams, (3) supporting information, communicating health knowledge. After implementing the health promotion model, the sample group had higher health promotion behaviors than before the implementation with a statistical significance (p<.001). It showed that this model of health promotion helped people to have better knowledge and health promotion behaviors, as well as reducing the risk of getting occupational diseases in their daily life. Therefore, it should be further applied in the community network in the future.