The Successful Implementation of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Community of Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Thailand
Keywords:
Coronavirus 2019, Village health volunteer, Success, Disease controlAbstract
This descriptive research aimed to describe the successful implementation of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Community of Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Thailand as classified by gender, education, working period, and receiving an outstanding VHVs award. Sample was 10,400 VHVs in Thailand, recruited by online convenience sampling. The tool was questionnaire which had Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) ranging from .67 to 1.00 and Cronbach Alpha Coefficient Reliability of .884. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and independent t-test.
The results of the research were as follows: 1) Overall, the average score the successful implementation of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Community of Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) in Thailand was at a high level (=4.68, S.D.= 0.34) 2) The VHVs who had different gender, education, working period, and receiving the outstanding VHVs award were statistically significantly different in the successful implementation of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Community
(p = .001, .05)
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