Improving the Participation for Caring the Elderly Health among Village Health Volunteers, Sang Khom District, Udon Thani Province.

Abstract

The action research purposes were to improve the participation for caring the elderly health and to compare the participation for caring the elderly health among village health volunteers in Sang Khom Distric, Udon Thani Province, before and after study.  The samples were 32 village health volunteers who experienced in traffic accidents prevention in Sang Khom Distric, Udon Thani Province.  The quantitative data were collected using the questionnaires (CVI = 1, Reliability = .78) and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, paired t-test.  The qualitative data were collected using the opened-end questions and were analyzed using content analysis.

The study found that the result of average score of knowledge of elderly health care, before and after study, was .01 statistically differently.  The participatory process, before and after study, shown that the participation mean score of all processes was .01 statistically differently.  The participation for caring the elderly health among village health volunteers in Sang Khom Distric, Udon Thani Province, could construct the effective activities for improving the participation among community leaders to care the health of community members continuously.