COMMUNITY HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY IN CHONBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) Basic information on proceeding community well-being under the sufficient economy philosophy 2) Community well-being development under the sufficient economy philosophy and 3) Explicit knowledge of community well-being development under the sufficient economy philosophy. This research was a mixed method research – Qualitative and Quantitative Research. The population used in this research were people from Ban Nong Manao community, Moo 10, Kho Chandra sub-district, Mueang district, Chonburi province who received Sufficient Economy Village award “Yu Yen Pen Suk” at provincial level in 2018. The tools used in data collection were questionnaire, In-depth interview, and focused group interview. The quantitative data were analyzed using statistics and contextual data were presented in the form of analytical description.

The results of this research found that:

1. Community well-being of the community under the sufficient economy philosophy, in overall and each aspect had scored mean in high level – aspect of environment and natural resources, aspect of participation, aspect of society, aspect of economy, and aspect of health behavior respectively. The frequently faced problems were unhealthy eating behavior and not doing exercises as well as psychological problems because of debt.
2. The community well-being development under the sufficient economy philosophy found as follows: Moderation - there was a reduction in expenses and support to grow vegetables and shared in the community creating enterprise group as well as making a household account, establish a savings group. Each family was responsible for managing their own environment and setting rules for everyone to follow; Rationality - switching to organic farming had improved the soil condition. Health plan was laid down with outside agencies involved; Good immunity – there was a health care network, public health volunteers, economic capital groups to support agricultural production, and groups within the community to form institutions and social groups to strengthen unity and dependence on each other; Terms of knowledge - acquiring knowledge gained from both internal and external, learning center for the Sufficiency Economy Model Community - a collection of knowledge that is useful to both inside and outside the community; Terms of moral - living a life require intelligence and patience to deal with difficulties.
3. The explicit knowledge found in community well-being development under the sufficient economy philosophy was GCS Model.