Abstract:
To study factors for success in running Primary Health Care Center by health volunteers in Roi-et province. The populations in this study are 423 Primary Health Care Centers and study by cross-sectional descriptive study design. The study tool is questionnaires are developed by the researcher. 5 persons of health volunteer in each Primary Health Care Center are sample of the study. 391 Primary Health Care Centers; 92.4% are interviewed by structured questionnaires. The result showed that health volunteer ; 58.2% were between 40-59 years old, 2.1:1 were male:female, 56.8% were completed education grade 4, 91.2% were married, 94.7% were farmer as the main occupation, 78.7% were income/month less than 3,000 baht, 37.5% had been health volunteer 10 years or more, 99.9% had positive attitude for practice, 99.9% were their role conception in high level and 99.9% had motivation in high level. 105 houses were average in each the village, 10-11 health volunteers were average in each the village, every groups of person in the village had community participation in good level, 96.7% were received support by fund, 97.7% were received support by tool/materials and 78.0% received evaluation by health persons 1 time or more than that/month. The result showed that the factor of community did not related with outcome of 14 elements in primary health care at the significant level of 0.05. But the factor of support for health volunteer activity and factor of health volunteer personality were related with outcome at the significant level of 0.05. The most of factor was factor of support for health volunteer activity; community participation by the leader of every groups in the village, community participation by population in the village and received evaluation by health persons. Subordination of the most factor was factor of health volunteer personality; motivation. This study showed that; factor of health volunteer personality and factor of support for activity running Primary Health Care Center to success. So that the developing Primary Health Care Center to continue and sustainable of work. The government should be encourage and support this factors too