Guidelines for the development of Thai traditional medicine in primary care units in Kamphaeng Phet Province
Keywords:
Thai traditional medicine, development guidelines, primary care unitAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to assess the readiness and competence of service personnel and finding guidelines for the development of Thai traditional medicine in the primary care unit of Kamphaeng Phet Province. The questionnaire was used with 40 service personnel. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t–test and one–way ANOVA, with the significance level set at 0.05. and in–depth interviews with 11 service personnel with the highest performance assessment scores. Data were analyzed by content analysis.
The results showed that most of Thai traditional medicine service personnel in primary care units are female (75.0%). They have a high level of readiness and performance in providing visual services ( = 3.99, SD. = 0.32 and
= 4.21, SD. = 0.16 respectively). The ethical aspect had the highest average score (
= 4.56, SD. = 0.07) and the analytical aspect had the lowest average score (
= 4.02, SD. = 0.04) and also found that the samples with different levels of service availability will have overall service performance and each aspect was significantly different (p<0.05). This study shows that readiness affects the provision of Thai traditional medicine in primary care units. The development approach is Executives should focus on and formulate policies to continuously promote and develop Thai traditional medicine by providing support to personnel, budget and materials–equipment to cover all primary care units to increase public access to services. This is not only beneficial to the service recipients, but also to improve the work of Thai traditional medicine.
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