Study of Need Assessment in Management Process in Exercise Promotion for the Elderly in the Community at Sub-District Administrative Organizing in Upper Northern Region of Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of this study were  to 1) to survey and analyse the need assessment in management process l to promote  physical  exercise promotion for elderly in the  community of  Sub-district Administrative Organizing in the upper northern Region of Thailand. The questionnaire consisted of observed condition and expected

condition was used to collect data. The samples was 690 elderly living in upper northern region respectively as Lamphun , Chiang Mai and, Lampang Province. They were stratified and accidental technique. The data were analyzed in mean (X̅), Standard deviation, and Modified  Priority Needs Index.

The result of the research revealed that. 1) The expected status were higher than the observed status in all aspects 2. The PNI showed that the aspect which had high gap between observe status and observe status were in terms of the actual condition, the average value is at the middle level in all aspects. Regarding the expected condition, the mean was at the highest level in all aspects. The order of PNI showed that the highest gap of management resources were the insufficiency of budgets and the later were staffs, management methods ,equipment and facilities respectively .