The Development Model of Free Alcohol village Saimoon District Yasothon Province

Abstract

                The process of solving the problems in the community using the community-based participation in managing, planning, and collaborating community-based programs results the effective and sustainable solution. The purpose of this action research was to develop alcohol-free villages by using the spiral process of strategic planning, observation, reflection, and action through AIC technique. Forty-two key community informants were purposively selected. Data were collected by using questionnaires. Descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, and standard deviation were employed for data analyses and the Paired t-test was used for testing hypotheses.

                The research result found that the development model of alcohol-free villages comprised of these aspects, viewing opinion, forming committee to coordinate and take responsibilities, training and field studying, setting village regulation, announcing news and information, monitoring and supervising from committee and stakeholder. After implementing the development model of alcohol-free villages, the outcomes in each aspect and overall were higher than before (p<.05). Successful factors included community collaborating, accepting and following the village regulations.

                In conclusion, the study results revealed that the development model of alcohol-free village in Saimoon district, Yasothon province which comprised of several potential activities using AIC technique effected the development of alcohol –free villages in Yasothon province well. The model could be applied as a strategy to improve community participation as well as to identify strategies for better changes.