Public’s Participation in Preventing the Spread of Covid-19 Based on The Four Great Efforts (Sammappadhana) at Sanom District, Surin Province

Abstract

             The purpose of this research were: 1) to study the level of Public participation in preventing the spread of Covid-19 based on the Four Great Efforts (Sammappadhana) at Sanom district, Surin province 2) to compare the commnents on public participation in preventing the spread of Coviid-19 based on the four great  efforts (Sammappadhana) at Sanom district, Surin province 2) to compare opinions on public participation in preventing the spread of Covid-19 based on the principle of Sammappadhana, classified by gender, age, level of education, and occupation and 3) to study the recommedations for public participation in preventing the spread of covid-19 based on  Sammappadhana. The sample group consisted of 380 people aged 18 years. This research was a quantitative research using a 5-level estimation scale questionnaire with a content validity of 0.67-1.00 and a confidence level of .98. The Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The statistics used to test the hypothesis were t-test and F-test (One-Way ANOVA).
             The research result found that:
             1. Public participation in preventing the spread of covid-19 based on the Sammappadhana, overall, was at a high level (=62). The aspect with the highest average value was activity participation (=3.67), followed by benefit participation (=3.62). The aspect with the lowest average was participation in decision making (=3.58).
             2. The comparison of the level of public participation in preventing the spread of Covid-19 based on the sammappadhana. There were no difference, classified by gender and education level. However, classified by age, there was a statistically significant difference at the .05 level.
           3. Recommendations for public participation in preventing the spread of covid-19 based on Sammappadhana, found that people should be given the opportunity to participate in the prevention of covid-19 campaign by joining in the planning perform and evaluate the work for as to solve the community’s problems which will bring the greatest benefit to the community.