Guidelines For Developing Community Leader Participation in Covid-19 infectious Disease Prevention and Control in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality

Abstract

           This mixed-methods research aims to study the participation and ways to develop community leaders' participation in the prevention and control of COVID-19 infectious disease in Ubon Ratchathani Municipality. In the quantitative research, the population included 848 community leaders, 265 of them were selected as the sample, a questionnaire was used to collect the data. In the qualitative research, 15 key informants were selected for data collection using structured interviews. Quantitative data were analyzed using frequency distributions, percentages, and standard deviations. Qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. The results of the research found that: 1) The overall participation of community leaders was found to be at a high level ( x̅= 4.36), when considering the areas with the highest scores in order of prevention of infectious diseases ( x̅= 4.43). , followed by the service aspect (x̅= 4.37), coordination aspect (x̅= 4.33), and information dissemination aspect (x̅= 4.31). When considering the items with the highest number 3, respectively, they are public relations. Notifying people in the community to be alert, participating in recommending treatment practices, educating the public, and planning public relations regarding preventive measures, respectively; 2) As for the guidelines for developing the participation of community leaders in the prevention and control of COVID-19 infectious disease, the overall prevention of infectious disease is at a high level ( x̅=4.31), when considering each item, it was found that there is Participation with public health officials in the campaign to prevent infectious diseases had the highest average score (x̅= 4.61), followed by comprehensive vaccination in the community (x̅= 4.53), quarantine when epidemics occurred (x̅=4.49). ), and the effect of COVID-19 prevention measures on the community (x̅= 4.13), respectively.