Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Research Articles

Epidemiological transition in type 2 diabetes mellitus: the role and function of a sub-district health promoting hospital

Health authorities in Thailand implemented a policy especially to cope with chronic diseases in that they transformed former health stations into sub-district health promoting hospitals (SHPH). The “top down” measure left the staff of the SHPH somewhat confused and uncertain how to manage their duties effectively. One of the weak points was the questionable outreach of care into the community. In an attempt to demonstrate how to enhance community participation, one SHPH was selected and assisted in improving the care of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. Patients from another SHPH served as controls. The combined efforts of patients, their families, SHPH staff, and the community with the help of village health workers succeeded in improving the control of T2DM in that a steady decline in capillary blood glucose (CBG) could be observed and the results could also be verified by the determination of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c).

Factors Affecting Public Health Performance Evaluation of Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Directors

The aim of this research is to study individual attributes and administrative factors that influencing on the Public Health Performance Evaluation of sub-district health promoting hospital directors in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand. This research is imperative to study due to all sub-district health promoting hospital directors in this province are required to lead their public health services towards the Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Development Plan Project. This cross sectional descriptive design was employed and conducted for duration of time from year 2011 to 2012. A total of 220 samples drawn from a population of 350 sub-district health promoting hospital directors by using systematic sampling technique. Research instrument is a self-administered questionnaire which developed by researchers. The questionnaire contained of four session including seven items on general information, 36 items and 30 items five-rating Likert scale on administrative resources and public health performance evaluation respectively. In addition, respondents are required to give problems and suggestions at the last session of the instrument as three open ended questions. Findings revealed that the level of administrative resources was high (mean value=3.86±0.61). When looking at each resource, it was found that method possessed the highest mean score (4.05±0.61) while money was at the lowest mean score (3.73±0.79). The level of public health performance evaluation as a whole was high (mean value=3.91±0.61). The highest mean score was data defining (4.00±0.59) whereas the lowest mean score was interpreting and reporting (3.79±0.72). Specifically man, money, materials and method had moderate and positive relationship with the performance evaluation with r value ranged from 0.493 to 0.672 at the significant level as 0.001. Finally, findings showed that there are three significant predictors which contributed 60.90 percent of the total variance of the Public Health Performance Evaluation. The three significant predictors are method, materials, and man.

Performance of Nurse Practitioners in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals, Khon Kaen Province

Performance of Nurse Practitioners in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals, Khon Kaen Province

Drug Management of Health Personnel at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals in Khon Kaen Province

Drug Management of Health Personnel at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals in Khon Kaen Province

Factors Affecting the Performance of Financial Officers in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Factors Affecting the Performance of Financial Officers in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospitals, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Factors Affecting the Performance of Nurse Practitioners in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Udonthani Province

Factors Affecting the Performance of Nurse Practitioners in Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Udonthani Province

Factors Effecting to The Conflict Management of Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital in Nong Khai Province

Factors Effecting to The Conflict Management of Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital in Nong Khai Province

An Empowerment Model with Using Strategic Route Map for Promoting Health Behaviors in Diabetes’s Risk Group of Dondoo Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital

An Empowerment Model with Using Strategic Route Map for Promoting Health Behaviors in Diabetes’s Risk Group of Dondoo Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital

Risk factors of malaria infection among rubber tappers living in the area of malaria control program in Prachuab Khiri Khan province in Southern Thailand

S. Pattanasin1,∗, P. Satitvipawee2, W. Wongklang3, C. Viwatwongkasem2, A. Bhumiratana4, P. Soontornpipit2, S. Jareinpituk1 1 Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand 3 Chaiyarat Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand 4 Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand