Competency Development of Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Efficient of the Elder Community Healthcare

Abstract

This research article has a purpose to (1) study the elders’ healthcare situations ,healthcare management team (2) to evaluate the level of healthcare management of Health Volunteers (VHVs) in the elder community healthcare. ( 3) to study the relationship of the factors related to the handle community’s elder healthcare and (4) The approach to competency development of health volunteers (VHVs) in Efficient of the Elder Community Healthcare.

            This research is explanatory research ,cross-sectional study .Data were collected from 240 village health volunteers (VHVs) and 30 local health officials (Tambon health promoting hospitals’ officials, villager headmen, and presidents of Tambon and district VHVs’ clubs) among assigned areas of Saraburi, Trang, Petchaboon, Lopburi, Rayong and Nakhonratchasima. Statistics of descriptive basis, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Chi-square were used in this research. The result was found that (1)The elder’s healthcare situations as being responsible, had been evaluated to be high level .(2)the opinion in healthcare management of Health Volunteers (VHVs) in the elder community healthcare were shown to be underrated. Moderate scores had been presented in policy perceiving, villager & community participation, and VHVs’ accountability & development.The activities towards community elders, healthcare takers presented highest scores in handling of activities, accountability, and professionalism. Whereas moderate scores were observed in participation, key factors, and basic knowledge & skills., (3)The factors related to the handle community’s elder healthcare, were skills and experiences and other factors were occupation, gender, age and income. Whereas marriage status, duration to take-in-charge as VHVs had been addressed to be not correlated. and the highest relation to the VHVs for handling elder healthcare was the training curriculum and 4)The approach to development of are clear policies & communication, budgeting and equipments support ,effective training courses for VHVs and officials whom take-in-charge for community’s elder healthcare .