FACTOR AFFECTING IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETENT OFFICIALS UNDER HEALTH BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, B.E. 2559, IN KRABI PROVINCE

Abstract

          This research article is the analytical research aimed to 1) identify personal characteristics, knowledge, working effort and administrative resource support of competent officials under the Health Business Establishments Act, B.E. 2559 (2016), 2) determine the implementation of competent officials under the Health Business Establishments Act, B.E. 2559 (2016) and 3) determine the influence of personal characteristics, knowledge, working effort, and resource support on the implementation of competent officials, both under the Health Business Establishments Act, B.E. 2559 (2016). The study involved 216 competent officials randomly selected from all 491 of such officials in Krabi province. Data were collected using a questionnaire with the reliability value of 0.94. The statistics used for data analysis were mean, percentage, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that: 1) Of all 216 respondents, 68.1% were female with a mean age of 39.29 years; 63.9% were married; most of them had completed a bachelor's degree; had a monthly income less than 25,000 baht, and had worked as a public health technical officer at a sub - district health promoting hospital or a health center for 1 – 10 years. There were no health business establishments in their designated areas; and they had never been trained in this matter. Their knowledge, working effort and resource support, overall and aspect - specific, were at a moderate level. 2) The levels of the Act’s implementation, overall and aspect - specific, were also at a moderate level. And 3) Resource support was the only variable that influenced the implementation of competent officials under the Act with a predictive power of 61.30 percent.