Publication: Participatory capacity building for improving quality of childcare centers in Thailand
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2018-01-01
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Mahidol University
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Rural and Remote Health. Vol.18, No.2 (2018)
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Hataya Petcharoen, Nawarat Suwannapong, Nopporn Howteerakul, Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul, Rohit Ramaswamy Participatory capacity building for improving quality of childcare centers in Thailand. Rural and Remote Health. Vol.18, No.2 (2018). doi:10.22605/RRH4570 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/45918
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Participatory capacity building for improving quality of childcare centers in Thailand
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© 2018, ARHEN - Australian Rural Health Education Network Ltd. Introduction: Childcare centers (CCCs) with good quality standards can be effective in reducing the risk of diseases being easily spread from person to person. The aim of the present study's program, adapted from a method used by the United Nations Development Program, was to increase the capacity of local administrators(s) and heads of CCCs to improve quality standards. Methods: This study was quasi-experimental, with a one group pretest-post-test design. In this study the authors describe the effects and impacts of the program in Chonburi Province in eastern Thailand. Six LAs and 48 CCC heads were trained regarding (1) knowledge of the Thai Department of Health quality standards, (2) implementation and assurance and (3) program evaluation. The program consisted of three sequential participatory workshops. Effects at the center level were increased overall knowledge of quality standards of CCCs (QCCC), and developed skills of improvement plans. The impact at the center level was CCCs achieving the QCCC. At the child level it was the reduction in the period prevalence of three diseases and two symptoms. Results: The significant (p < 0.05) effects and impacts at the center level were increased overall knowledge of QCCC in LAs and CCC heads and increased overall managerial skills of CCC heads. At the child level, the period prevalence of chickenpox and diarrhea symptom were reduced. Conclusion: Participatory capacity building is an appropriate way to enhance the managerial skills of LAs and heads of CCCs for improving quality of CCCs to meet the local authority and the Ministry of Public Health quality standards.