Abstract:
The research objectives were to 1) explore the desire to learn about well-being amongst immigrant residents within industrial areas in Thailand; 2) develop a non-formal education program to enhance the well-being of migrant workers; and 3) provide a success factors and failure factors that will affect the effectiveness of the well-being education program. The method used in this study is Mixed-method research with Research and Development Design and The Single Group, Pretest-Posttest Design. This study consists of three stages; Stage 1, was designed to identify study volunteers, using Voluntary Sampling experiment with a questionnaire that determines the level of desire to enhance the well-being amongt migrant workers; Stage 2, was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the well-being improvement program by measuring knowledge scale, skill test, and attitude scale using questionnaires pretest and posttest, and followed by a comparison of the test scores. Stage 1 included a total of 560 participants, and 30 of which were subsequently identified to be suitable for Stage 2. The inclusive criteria for Stage 2 were the ability to 1) read in Myanmar language and 2) communicate in Thai language. In stage 2, The knowledge scale, skill test, and attitude scale were applied, and the results were recorded and analyzed. The comparison of pretest and posttest scores suggested that there is a well-being improvement to the knowledge scale, skill test, and attitude. In stage 3, provides a recommendation on success factors and failure factors that will affect the effectiveness of the well-being education program by using all data obtained from the program. The findings of the research can be explained in 3 sections: 1. The data show that the well-being of immigrant workers is far below average. The results strongly suggest that education on physical well-being is greatly needed by the immigrant workers. ( = 2.83). The program should be designed to improve and enhance the following criteria: 1. How to obtain good well-being 2. The knowledge on exercise 3. The ability to self-assess ones own physical well-being 4. The importance of resting 5. The work-life balance 6. The enhancement of the standard of living 7. The importance of hobbies 8. The basic knowledge on how to prevent sickness and accidents 9. Different ways to obtain the knowledge to help increase awareness of well-being 10. Healthy diet to maintain a healthy weight and a strong body 11. Financial awareness and planning 2. The process of developing a program by using Happy workplace, including well-being. The results of the new fundamental factors of well-being are Happy 8 split into 3 dimensions are Happy body, Happy money Happy relax that classified according to their components. and indicators of physical health. The comparison demonstrated that the percentage average of knowledge, attitude and skill of the study participants increased following their participation in the health improvement program. The improvement was statistically significant at the level of 0.05. This suggests that knowledge, attitude, and skill towards well-being was significantly improved. 3. The research found that success factors that led to an effective development and implementation of a non-formal education program are: 1. the learning program must be suitable and useful to participants by learning from the real thing hands-on and the order of learning content from easy to difficult; 2. the atmosphere and learning environment must be trustful, bonding, and relaxed; 3. the program must be designed based on participants interests and problems; 4. the participants must consider about their interest, readiness and belief, the methods of learning, and their current way of living; 5. the instructors must be facilitation;. 6. the program schedule is flexible and suitable for the participants; and 7. the learning resources must be diverse, including information, news, people, materials, tools, and techniques. Obstacle factors are: 1. Readiness to participate in activities, including knowledge, ability, experience, belief and time; 2. Interest in activities; 3. Personal attitude 4. Support from the owner; 5. Understanding language, culture and society; 6. Teaching location; and 6. Lack of understanding of the principles of non-formal education.