Factors related to the Competency Development of Public Health Personnel in Health Promoting Hospitals under the Sisaket Provincial Public Health Office

Abstract

This research is a cross-sectional survey study that was aimed at studying the factors related to the competency of public health personnel in the Health Promoting Hospitals under the Sisaket Provincial Public Health Office. The sample group was selected by purposive sampling: 797 public health personnel working in sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals under the Sisaket Provincial Public Health Office. The sample. The research instrument was a questionnaire of public health personnel in sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals, consisting of 3 parts: Part 1: General characteristics, 8 items; Part 2: Core competency of public health personnel, 95 items: Focus on good service results, accumulation of professional expertise, adherence to fairness and ethics, and teamwork; and Part 3: Satisfaction with public health personnel's work, 30 items: Satisfaction with the organization's human resource management in the past year and satisfaction with quality of life: work-life balance. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics, to find the relationship of factors, including correlation statistics.

                 These results found that most of the sample were female (73.0%) and male aged 36-40 years (17.7%); 58.0% were married, 70.5% had a bachelor's degree, 16.2% were in the position of an operator, 69.3% were working in other positions, and 51.4% had an income of less than 5,000 baht (22.1%). High level of competence, average score 4.81; most of them have high level of competence (81.4%), quite high level (17.7%), a high level of overall satisfaction with work performance, average score 4.18%; 51.4% Satisfaction in each aspect found that satisfaction with quality of life (work-life balance) had an average score of 4.19 and satisfaction with human resource management of the agency in the past year had an average score of 4.16.

                 In assessing the competence of public health personnel, this is not specific or targeted to any workforce framework or position or professional group. In order for this research to be a part of helping to develop the core competence of personnel, that is, to build morale rather than evaluating individuals to find shortcomings and criticize the performance of personnel.