Evaluation of the Quality-of-Life Development of the District Health Boards in Maha Sarakham Province in 2022

Abstract

        The evaluation is aimed at evaluating the context, input factors, process and output of quality-of-life development by the District Health Boards (DHBs) in Maha Sarakham Province. In fiscal year 2022, the key informants were used a total of 273 DHB committees across the 13 districts with 21 people in each district. The research tools included a performance check form, a questionnaire, and an interview guide. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. Research results showed that contextual assessments, input factors and processes to improve quality-of-life were high. Prefectural quality improvement evaluation achieved 91.59%. And found that 97.20% of the respondents in Kae Dam district achieved the highest performance through measurement targets. The problem was 1) an insufficient level of cooperation from households and individuals of the target group; 2) short-term working periods were observed for the district, subdistrict, and village levels; 3) insufficient supervision and monitoring at the district, subdistrict, and village levels; and 4) insufficient integration of operations at the district level.