Insights from leaders on effectively addressing overweight and obesity in the Thai community

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Title

Insights from leaders on effectively addressing overweight and obesity in the Thai community

Subject

district health system, health system management, improving health problems, success

Description

Introduction: Effective management of healthcare system at the district level through an important health project
can improve health and quality of life of people in the district. Key factors to drive a successful project are important.
The purpose of this study was to explore perspectives of leaders managing the healthcare system at a district level on
preventing and resolving issues of overweight and obesity within their communities.
Methods: The participants of this study consisted of nine district health board committees, ten members of the
district health system startup team and twenty-three village health system managers. Data were collected by using
focus group interviews, observation and documents analysis, also analyzing data by summarizing and categorizing the
data of main points.
Results: The study results indicated that managing successful health problems at the district level needed: 1. creating
clear and equal understanding, 2. having precious community capital and 3. integrating effective incentives for people
in the community.
Conclusions: The findings of the study can be used as a guideline for managing the healthcare system at a district
level through a project for the development of health issues and the quality of life among people in a community.
This successful health system management can help develop the sustainability of public healthcare at the district
level.

Creator

Duangporn Piyakong1

Source

http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jn.v18i2.44167

Date

13 June 2023

Contributor

PERI IRAWAN

Format

PDF

Language

ENGLISH

Type

TEXT

Files

Collection

Citation

Duangporn Piyakong1, “Insights from leaders on effectively addressing overweight and obesity in the Thai community,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 13, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10906.