Development of Antibiotics Rational Drug Use in Health Promotion Hospitals Sri Muang Mai District, Ubon Ratchathani

Abstract

This action research aimed to develop a model to promote rational drug use of antibiotics for health promotion hospitals, Si Muang Mai district Ubon Ratchathani. The sample group consisted of 382 people, the target group for developing the model was 40 medical and public health personnel, selected purposively. The sample group to evaluate the model for promoting the reasonable use of antibiotics were 45 service recipients. Data were collected between May and September 2023. Research tools consisted the group discussion and knowledge examine about antibiotic use. The KR-20 values ​​were equal to .82 and the antibiotic use behavior questionnaire, the reliability was .82. Descriptive statistics: frequency, mean and standard deviation, analytic statistic: paired samples T-test and Content Analysis.

The results showed that the model for promote rational use of  antibiotics for health promotion Hospitals, Sri Muang Mai district consists of 6 activities: 1) Human resource development, 2) Create public awareness, 3) Build a network to promote the use of antibiotics rationally in the community, 4) Develop the capacity of the network to promote the use of rational antibiotics in the community, 5) Organize a forum to exchange knowledge with medical and public health personnel on the reasonable use of antibiotics in healthcare facilities, and 6) Stimulate reminders by telephone. Evaluation of the model for promoting the use of reasonable antibiotics found that the rate of drug use in acute diarrhea ≤ 20 percent increased to 13 places (76.47%) and the rate of drug use in respiratory infections ≤ 20 percent increased to 2 places (11.78%). After implement this model found that the sample group increased high level knowledge and rational antibiotic use behavior statistical significance (p value<.001).