THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR HEALTH PROMOTION BASED ON LOCAL WISDOM IN SALUNG – KEELEK COMMUNITY, MAE RIM DISTRICT, CHIANG MAI PROVINCE

Abstract

   This mixed method research aims to develop community learning activities for health promotion based on local wisdom and assess the efficiency and achievement of such activities.  Thirty-four stakeholders who reside in the Saluang-Keelek community, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, participated in the study. Data was collected through community learning activities and questionnaires. The efficiency of the learning activities was determined by the scores on the achievement test (E1/E2) based on the 80/80 percent standardized criteria, and the paired t-test. The results indicated that community learning activities, which included local wisdom for health promotion survey techniques, the development of local herbal products, and the synthesis
of local knowledge application guidelines for health care, showed efficiency regarding the standardized criteria E1/E2, which were at 80/80 percent (84.66/88.35). As for the achievement
of community learning activities, the mean scores for knowledge in post-learning activities were statistically higher than those in pre-learning activities at the level of ≤ 0.05 (p-value = 0.048). In this regard, the stakeholders suggested that the implementation of the learning activities should increase the practice and time allotted for each activity.