Administration to Increase Legal Knowledge of Drugs Protection of Municipalities in Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

Objectives of this study were (1) to study administrative problems, (2) to study administration development guidelines, and (3) to study administration strategies to increase legal knowledge of drugs protection of municipalities in Nonthaburi Province according to ITERMS 6 Administration Concepts. This study is a mixed method using questionnaires as a quantitative tool to collect data. The quantitative tool was a structured in-depth interview conducted with 9 experts. Samples were people who responded to the questionnaire in 2 municipalities in Nonthaburi Province: 644 samples from Nonthaburi Municipality and 464 samples from Pak Kret Municipality, totaling 1,108 samples. Total 1,071 completed sets of questionnaire which equaled to 96.66 of the 1,108 total samples were returned. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation and regression coefficient. The results of this research show that the administration problems to increase legal knowledge of drug protection of municipalities in Nonthaburi Province was overall at a moderate level ( = 1.68, S.D.= 0.53). Administrative guideline to increase the legal knowledge of drug protection of municipalities in Nonthaburi Province was at a high level ( = 2.43, S.D.= 0.35). Administrative strategiesincluding Information, Technology, Economic status, Resource, Morality, and Society, affected the increase of the legal knowledge of drug protection of municipalities in Nonthaburi Province in term of benefits of people, mission achievement, efficiency, reducing operational steps, improving the mission to be updated in accordance with the situation, facilitation, and evaluation at the statistical significance.