Effectiveness Model of Potential Development of Primary Caregiver and Child Development Promotion Volunteer 0-5 Years in a Participatory Community Muang Nong Bua Lam Phu District Health Service Network

Abstract

This quasi experimental research aimed to study the effectiveness model of potential development of primary caregiver and child development promotion volunteer for 0-5 years old children in a        participatory community Muang Nong Bua Lam Phu district health service network. Fifty primary caregivers and fifty child development promotion volunteers were sampled by purposive sampling method. The tools used to collect data were a child development promotion questionnaire for the primary caregivers, with a Cronbach's Alpha coefficient = 0.9, and a knowledge questionnaire for the child development promotion volunteers, with a Kuder-Richardson KR 20 coefficient = 0.8. The data was collected between April to December 2021 and analysed by descriptive statistics and Paired T-test.

The results showed that the majority of primary caregivers were female (54.0%), and 66.0% of the children aged 0-5 years they cared for was the first child in the family, while 52.0% had their grandparents as primary caregivers. After used development model, the primary caregivers had a statistically significant increase in the mean scores of child development promoting behaviors from x̄ = 54.7 (SD = 5.2) to x̄ = 67.8 (SD = 2.0), p<0.001. Regarding child development promotion volunteers, the majority were female (76.0%), mean age 49.9 years old (SD = 8.8), all had education below a bachelor's degree (100.0%). After used model, child development promotion volunteers had a statistically significant increase in the mean score of knowledge on child development promotion 0-5 years; before the development x̄ = 32.4 (SD = 1.6) after the development x̄ = 34.6 (SD = 0.8), p<0.001.

The model of potential development of primary caregiver and child development promotion volunteer 0-5 years in a participatory community can be used as a model for promoting child development in the community.