Abstract
Background: Women have high average life spans and live longer than men. In Thai-Muslim society, women have the role of caring and promoting the health of everyone in their family, such as preparing food, raising the children, and taking care sick persons so they are required to be leaders for promoting health in the family. Objectives: To develop a KMSDP and to study the effects of using a KMSDP for knowledge management behaviors regarding holistic health promotion by Muslim women leaders Methods: This research is of an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design. The researcher analyzed the qualitative data and SECI concept to develop the KMSDP. The quantitative data were applied to test the program using a pre-test and post-test design. The participants were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n=35). Descriptive statistics and independent t-test were used for the data analyses. Results: The qualitative findings indicated three themes applied to create the program: 1) To be in accordance with the Muslim way of life; 2) To conform to rubric religious principle; and 3) To agree with family leaders. As for the effects of the KMSDP on the holistic health promotion knowledge management behaviors, it was found that the post-test mean scores for knowledge, management, and skills were higher than those for the pre-test mean scores at a statistical significance level of .001. Conclusion: Healthcare providers, proactively promoting health in the Muslim community, can apply this program to develop Muslim women leaders for holistic health promotion.
Highlights
Women have high average life spans and live longer than men
The results pertained to the perception of health, lifestyles, and the desires of Muslim women regarding the promotion of holistic health
The sample groups defined health problems in the community, such as chronic disease, including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high blood cholesterol; the accumulations of garbage and other waste in the community creating a problem from the resulting filthy foul that spreads throughout the community
Summary
Women have high average life spans and live longer than men. In Thai-Muslim society, women have the role of caring and promoting the health of everyone in their family, such as preparing food, raising the children, and taking care sick persons so they are required to be leaders for promoting health in the family. Women have high average life spans and live longer than men, and, in Thai society, women have the role of safeguarding and promoting the health of everyone in the family, the promotion of sound health requires the leader to build a health network that could be implemented as a strategicallyimportant means of communication, conveying both knowledge and guidelines to women. They can relay their experiences to one another for the promotion of their own holistic health. It helps them to develop themselves continually as leading figures in the area of holistic health promotion
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