Rattawadee wannalert. A guideline to control drug stores according to the drug bill . Master's Degree(Medical and Public Health Law Administration). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
A guideline to control drug stores according to the drug bill
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to propose a guideline to control drug stores according to the drug bill for competent officials at the provincial and district levels according to the Drug Act B.E. 2510, by measuring their knowledge levels and opinions about the control of drug stores as well as finding out the correlation between their demographic characteristics, their reception of information, their work experience, and their opinions about the guideline to control drug stores according to Drug Bill. The samples were the competent officials at the provincial and district levels. Questionnaires were used to collect the data concerning the employment of the service during the period from April 20 to May 31, 2004. Research findings were as follows: 69.0% of the competent officials at the provincial level were pharmacists attached to the provincial public health offices; 57.1% were male ; the average age was 34.7 years; 57.1% were married; 64.3% held bachelors degrees; the average duration was 11.2 years in the civil service with the average of 9.14 years of work under the Drug Act; 97.6% were trained on the Drug Act; 95.2% received information on the Drug Bill; and 47.7% had a high level of knowledge. As for the competent officials at the district level, 37.9% were district public health officers; 69.0% were male; the average age was 40.4 years; 6.15% were married; 74.5% held bachelors degrees; the average duration was 17.4 years in the civil service with the average of 7.62 years of work under the Drug Act; 68.4% were trained on the Drug Act; 68.7% received information on the Drug Bill; and 42.5% with high level of knowledge. With regard to their opinions on the guideline to control drug stores according to the Drug Bill, it was found that the competent officials both at the provincial and the district levels agreed at a high level on 3 aspects, i.e. the essential measures of the Drug Bill, the application of the essentials of the new Drug Bill to control drug stores, and the factors involved in the execution of law enforcement to control drug stores according to the Drug Bill. As for the correlation, it was found that the level of education and income of the competent officials at the district level were positively correlated with their opinions about the control of drug stores on the essential measures of the Drug Bill. The length of time of the position and the work according to the Drug Act of the competent officials at the provincial level were negatively correlated with their opinions about the control of drug stores on the essential measures of the Drug Bill, while the income and the level of education of the competent officials at the district level were positively correlated with their opinions about the control of drug stores on the factors involved in the practice of law enforcement according to the Drug Bill. The recommendations resulting from the research were that knowledge about the duties and authorities of the competent officials according to the Drug Act should be imparted to groups of officials concerned at all levels; standards for the practice of the competent officers should be set up; and continual training, at least twice a year, should be instituted.