The Participation of Public Health Personals in Administrative Processes of District Public Health Offices in Sukhothai Province and Related Factors

Abstract

                     The  participation  of  health  personnel  in  the  district   health administrative processes is necessary and important to the effectiveness of public  administration.  This  study  explored  the  level  of  participation in the  management  of  public  health  personals  in  district  health  office  in Sukhothai  province  and  related  with   interested  of   some   factors.  The sample consisted of health workers in  Sukhothai province.  Health  Offices with 270. Data collection between January to March 2021  was analyzed by statistic package program.  The descriptive  statistics were used  frequency, Percentage, mean and standard deviation. The association between factors of interest  were used the  Pearson correlation analysis,  Independent t test and  one - way   analysis   of   variance.    The   correlated   variables   were performed    into    dummy   variables   and   analyzed   with   the   Pearson correlation  coefficient  later.

                     The  results  showed  that  Most  of  the sample was  male,  aged between 41-50 years for 51.6 percent.  The  education in  bachelor's  degree was 60.2 percent ;  income at  25,001 to 30,000 baths  per  month was  27.00 percent  working  in  expertise  positions for 53.1 percent  and 46.1 percent has  11 - 15   years  of   experience.    About   83.6  percent   has   trained   in administration skills more than 10 times. The level of participation showed that   the   personnel  administration  for  72.8 - 76.8  percent   followed  the participation  in  the  planning  and  implementation  of  the plan  between 71.0 - 75.3  percent.   The   participation  in  coordination    was   less  about 32.5 - 35.2  percent.  The  associated  factors  included  gender,  age,  level of education,   income,   job  position,   and  the  duration of  the  training  and experience.  Then,  administrators  should be involved in the  development of   administrative   participation  level   of  health   personals  by  consider related  factors.