Guidelines to Promote Healthy Schools for Educational Institutions under the Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the current condition, desired condition and necessary need; and 2) to propose guidelines to promote healthy schools for educational institutions under the Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. This was a descriptive research. The sample group used in this study were 260 teachers and educational personnel in large schools under the Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 using a proportional sampling method. The research instrument was a rating scale questionnaire with a reliability value of 0.86. The main informants were 5 experts using semi-structured interviews. Statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, standard deviation and analysis of the importance index of the order of needs. The results of the research found that 1) the current condition of operating healthy schools for educational institutions as a whole was at a high level and the desired condition of operating healthy schools for educational institutions, overall, was at the highest level. As for the necessary needs of operating a healthy school for educational institutions, the highest priority needs are happy learners and happy families, followed by the aspects of happy communities, happy schools, and happy environment, respectively, and 2) guidelines for promoting healthy school for educational institutions, totaling 54 approaches, as follows: 12 approaches of happy learners,  11 approaches of happy families,  10 approaches of happy communities, 11 approaches of happy schools, and 10 approaches of  happy environment.