ความต้องการในการพัฒนาสมรรถนะของอาสาสมัครสาธารณสุขประจำหมู่บ้าน ในเขตอำเภอเมืองภูเก็ต จังหวัดภูเก็ต

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the needs for competency development of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province and to compare the differences of the level of competency development needs of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province divided by personal and environmental factors. The population used in this study was 290 people. The tool used in this research was a questionnaire for data collection. This questionnaire was adjusted from various research studies. Each questionnaire was divided into sections as follow. Part 1 was a check-list for personal information of the respondents inquiring about gender, age, education level, occupation, monthly income, work retention and working area. Part 2 was about competency development needs which consisted of knowledge, skills and competency / qualification. Part 3 consisted of open-ended questions inquiring about opinions and suggestions on the needs for competency development of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province. This part was to justify their opinions and to make information more accurate and complete. The data obtained from the questionnaire were then processed by using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Science) version 16.0 statistical analysis program to find the frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The level of competency development needs of village health volunteers was compared and analyzed with the needs for competency development of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province classified by personal factors by using Independent Samples t-test (Two Independent Samples) and F-test. The study found that the respondents were 29 male and 261 female, most of them were between 31-40 years of age. The majority of their education was at vocational level – Mattayom 6 and bachelor's degree. Most of them worked for private businesses with a monthly income of 15,001 - 20,000. The majority of work retention (the period of being a village health volunteer member) was 1 - 5 years and most of them worked in the area of Talat Yai sub-district. The study found that overall, the needs for competency development of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province was at a moderate level. When considering based on each aspect, the data showed that, in descending order of means from high to low, the village health volunteers needed to improve their competency / qualifications, skills and knowledge, respectively. When comparing the needs for competency development of village health volunteers in Muang district, Phuket province classified by personal factors, it found that the factors that were statistically significant were age, education level, occupation, income and working areas, and the factor that was not statistically significant was work retention.