FACTORS INFLUENCING MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY AND PERFORMANCE OF VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS FOR OPERATING COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH IN PATHUM THANI PROVINCE
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This study aimed to 1) examine the levels of mental health literacy and community mental-health performance of village health volunteers (VHVs) in Pathum Thani Province, 2) investigate the factors influencing mental-health literacy, and 3) study about the factors influencing community mental-health performance. The research sample consisted of 401 VHVs selected from community health networks. The multi-stage sampling method involved proportional stratified random sampling to divide the population into subgroups or strata, followed by simple random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires and analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Multinominal Logistic Regression.
The research results revealed that 1) the overall mental-health literacy of VHVs was at a high level ( = 4.03, SD = .405). Regarding community mental-health performance, 190 volunteers (47.4%) showed a moderate level, 140 volunteers (34.9%) showed a low level, and 71 volunteers (17.7%) showed a high level. Morever, 2) four factors significantly predicted mental-health literacy at the .05 statistical level including meaningful work, respect, work environment, and social support, which together explained 61.60% of the variance. In addition, and 3) five factors significantly predicted community mental-health performance including meaningful work, self-efficacy, respect, work environment, and social support, jointly accounting for 7.7% of the variance.
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