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Original Research

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS IN HEALTH CARE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY IN THAILAND

JATUPORN OUNPRASERTSUK 1, PHANNEE ROJANABENJAKUN 2, JUTATIP SILLABUTRA 3, and NARONGDHAM TIYAPHOM 4.

Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7330660   |   Author Affiliation: College of Allied Health Sciences, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand 1,2; Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand 3; Product Manager of Natureslim Co., Ltd., Thailand 4.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 679-685   |   To cite: JATUPORN OUNPRASERTSUK, et al., (2022). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEERS IN HEALTH CARE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY IN THAILAND. 17(11), 679–685. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7330660   |   Published on: 17-11-2022

Abstract

Thailand's public health system is strengthened in the form of management. Decentralizing health care across communities can reduce hospitalization rates. The person who is important in this care is the Village Health Volunteer, and encouraging village health volunteers to be able to perform their jobs to the best of their ability will ensure that the process of working in public health can be successful. Objectives to study 1) level of organizational climate, job satisfaction, commitment, and performance effectiveness. 2) Influence of organizational climate, job satisfaction, and commitment to operational effectiveness. This research is quantitative. The sample was 402 Village Health Volunteers using a randomized, segmented method. Collect data using questionnaires Analyze the data with structural equations: 1) The level of the organizational atmosphere is at the highest level, and job satisfaction, engagement, and performance effectiveness are high, 2) the organizational climate, job satisfaction, and commitment has an impact on the operational effectiveness.

Keywords

Health care/ Health management/ Village Health Volunteer