The Development of Public Policy: a Healthy Public Using Community Health Assembly on Alcoholic Free Community
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2010-03-31
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Journal of Science and Technology Mahasarakham University - วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม
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The objectives of this participatory action research include the building of policy on public health where the work focused on the issue of an alcoholic free community. The work was carried out through the participatory actions of people in the community. The work was conducted within the Thasongkhon Healthy Civil Society network of Maha Sarakham Province. Numbers of representatives of thirteen villages were used. Data collection was carried out through group interviews, observations and note taking. The study was divided into three major phases, i.e., with Phase I: The establishment of village leadership. This phase focused on the recruiting of a research team, network build up, choosing leader and set out the implementation guidelines. For Phase II, this phase includes the setting out of operation plans. There were five steps to be carried out within this phase, i.e. (1) building up leadership. (2) Operation plans, (3) develop potential leaders of the health assembly in villages, (4) organizing small units of health assembly in the villages. (5) Organizing macro scale units on health assembly. With Phase III, this phase includes the overall assessment of the three phases of the program. Analysis of the results included the qualitative data, content analysis and health assembly process.The results showed that the implementation of the program established a concrete organization of the village of Thasongkhon Healthy Civil Society where there were 32 members as stakeholders who are the representatives of the village, local and government organizations. The program was able to establish village key men of the Health Assembly Network of 163 persons. The development program for use in training potential village key men of Health Assembly Network led to the application of healthy public policy, particularly on the issue relating to community having no alcohol through the campaigning within the 3 phases of small health assembly. The output of the program was a healthy public policy at both village and zone levels. The summary of the results could be used as a policy in applying to a larger health assembly unit. The results of healthy public policy focusing on the Issue of alcoholic free community with the participation of people based on democratic participations led to 10 policy proposals where the establishment could build up unanimity, unity and firmness among people in the community. The results could encourage every village to apply this healthy public policy for their community at least at the family level where a Healthy Assembly Network key men could assist villagers in better communities.
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Journal of Science and Technology Mahasarakham University - วารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มหาวิทยาลัยมหาสารคาม; Volume 28 Number 3 July-September 2009; 346-357