Database of Folk Doctor to Provide Knowledge and Apply for Health Self-Management in Public Health Services of the Area under Responsibility of Ranong Education Center, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Jirawat Sudsawart∗, Kullaphat Pochanakul, Veena Chantarasompoch and Natcha Wattanaprapa
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Jirawat Sudsawart∗: Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kullaphat Pochanakul: Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Veena Chantarasompoch: Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand
Natcha Wattanaprapa: Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand

International Journal of Health and Medical Sciences, 2018, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: This research was aimed to; 1. study and survey the data of folk doctor in the area under responsibility of Ranong Education Center, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University and 2. provide the database and apply for health self-management. It was developed the knowledge base on the networking websites of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University for being the learning center of health care by the integrative medicine. The population of this research was 200 patients of the public health services in the area under responsibility of Ranong Education Center, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University which was divided into 3 groups; 1. childhood and teenage, 2. adult and 3. elder. The data was compiled using the questionnaireand interview for analyzing and processing. The statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The researcher has concluded all issues for the qualitative analysis; content analysis, linkage analysis and change analysis. The findings revealed that the patients of the public health services in the area under responsibility of Ranong Education Center, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University were mostly interested in health self-management from internet and also interested in health information to apply for themselves and their family. The attitude assessment towards the websites and knowledge of database of folk doctor in educating and applying for health self-management in the public health services revealed that it was in the highest level (x = 4.25) which it was divided into 3 parts; 1) the knowledge and understanding were in the highest level (x = 4.21), 2) the knowledge utilization was in the highest level (x = 4.25) and 3) the assessment of website was in highest level (x = 4.29).

Keywords: Database; folk doctor; health management; public health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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