Model of Health Promotion with Nursing Innovations with Community Participation to support the Elderly society of Ban Yang Subdistrict, Mueang District, Buri Ram Province

Abstract

     This research was done in the form of action research. The purpose of this research is to model of health promotion with nursing innovations with community participation to support the elderly society of ban yang subdistrict, mueang district, Buri Ram province. The sample group consisted of 63 elderly people. The activities that were used to model of health promotion with nursing innovations followed the technique of participative planning process and AIC to analyze the data. This was done using descriptive statistics, consisting of frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and analyzing qualitative data with content analysis.
     The results of the research revealed that the operation process according to the health promotion model of the elderly, including community participation, consisted of six steps. The steps  are: 1)  studying  the  basic  information  and  analyzing  the  area  context  2)  organizing  workshops and planning meetings 3) formulating an action plan 4) implementing the plan 5) supervising and asking for results 6) meeting to summarize the results of the operations It was found from the study that the health promotion model of the elderly in the community consisted of three activities, namely: 1) Health promotion activities for the elderly 2) activities to transfer knowledge to the community 3)  morale  building  activities  for  the  elderly.
     The results of the assessment included the factors of the involvement of stakeholders, the general quality of life, and the quality of life of the elderly. Following the research operation, it was found at the level of involvement of the involved parties was at a moderate level (Mean = 3.14, SD = 0.82). The level of knowledge of those giving care to the elderly after carrying out the activities was at a good level (Mean = 1.77, SD = 0.59). The results for the overall quality of life of the elderly after carrying out the activities was also found to be moderate (Mean = 76.31, SD = 10.19). The quality of life for the elderly after participating in the activities was also found to be moderate (Mean = 83.61, SD =8.90). Finally, the overall level of satisfaction of the participants was moderate (Mean = 3.28, SD = 0.62), and for the elderly participants was also moderate (Mean = 3.36, SD = 0.57).