The Participation of Citizen in Maphrawkhu Community, Bang Bamru Subdistrict, Bangplad District, Bangkok Towards Preventing Drug Problems

Abstract

The purpose of this research were 1. to study the level of participation of the citizen towards preventing drug problems in Maphrawkhu community, Bang Bamru Subdistrict, Bangplad District, Bangkok and 2. to study the factors, which related to the participation of citizen in Maphrawkhu community, Bang Bamru subdistrict, Bangplad district, Bangkok towards preventing drug problems. The sample consisted of 242 people who are living in the Maphrawkhu community. The data were collected by questionnaires which consist of 6 aspects such as self-defense from the drugs, the participation of the citizen in preventing drug problems in community, the participation in the consultative meeting, participation in the decision of the appropriate approach, participation in project implementation, and participation in monitoring and evaluation of the results. The statistics used for data analysis are frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and correlation value analysis with Pearson's correlation coefficient.

The study indicated that

1.  most of them are at the medium level. The average of all aspects was at a moderate level (= 2.95, S.D = 0.75) and when considering each side, it was found that the top 3 mean values ​​were the aspect of self-defense from the drugs was at a high level (= 3.73, S.D = 0.59), the participation of the citizen in preventing drug problems in community was at a high level (= 3.61, SD = 0.78) and participation in project implementation was at a moderate level ( = 2.76, SD = 0.89)


2.  When considering the Pearson's correlation coefficient between 6 variables found that the correlation between the variables, which had different values from zero and had a statistically significant number (p <.01), which had 15 pairs with the correlation coefficient range in the range of .193 - 1.00. When considering the correlation between the variable of the participation in preventing drug problems, all of them had a statistically significant correlation (p <.01), and the positive correlation shown that the correlation of all variables is in the same direction. The variable that has the highest correlation is the decision and monitoring (r = .906), which showed that the citizen of the Maprawkhu community had more decision and monitoring. Followed by the consultative and decision had a relatively high correlation (r = .863), which is both of them increased as well.