Abstract:
Healthy Thailand is a nationwide policy that attempts to lead the whole
population to health. Therefore, the policy has been followed by Lopburi Province
since 2004, under the name Healthy Lopburi to Healthy Thailand. It was found that
there is no study on the procedure of previous administrative work of Healthy Lopburi
to Healthy Thailand. The current research was conducted as a quality dissertation
analysing the policy procedure of Healthy Thailand in central Thailand and provincial
Lopburi, including the administration work and problems that have arisen. The
sample team working on Healthy Lopburi are the persons responsible from the
Department of Provincial Public Health, Department of District Public Health and a
health center. The retrospective data has been studied from information of the
budgetary year 2004/2005 (October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005). The data
were gathered and combined by interviewing 28 people, analysing an extract from the
Healthy Lopburi documentary of the administration and the analysis of the content of
documents relevant to the data gathered in the interview.
The result of the research found that the administration of Healthy Lopburi
had followed up the procedure in the same manner as the Department of Public
Healths policy, as had the provincial Public Health Department, District Department,
and health center. The policy transfer method was by a meeting of all concerned wich
provided everyone with guidelines, including instructions on practising the policy of
Healthy Lopburi. It was found that the three levels of the Public Health Department
used the same strategy of administration for planning, organising, staffing, directing
and controlling. However, there are differences in details of some activities, for
example, the controlling was of a different style, depending on the public health
center in each district. Comments have been raised in the research that the study
should investigate the role of the community and affect on the performance of
Healthy Lopburi. The purpose such a study is to gain cooperation from the
community for Healthy Lopburi work. There should be a survey of every public
health center in Lopburi, in terms of the management procedures for health service.