The participation model of road safety in the community of Rong Yang Health Promoting Hospital

Abstract

The purpose of this participatory action research aimed to study the participation model of road safety in the community of Rong Yang health promoting hospital, Phayao Province. The samples were 140 participants in promoting community road safety as a stakeholder. There were 4 stages in this research including planning, action, observation, and reflection. The research instruments were: (1) results-based management tools, (2) dead case conference, and (3) first aid and basic resuscitation knowledge questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, paired t-test and content analysis. The research findings revealed that the dead case conference found that the following are the causes and issues associated with accidents: driving a motorcycle, drinking alcohol, not wearing a helmet, speed driving, accident on road curve and intersection, poor road conditions, and lack of first aid. The community listed the priority road safety issues as follows: (1) risk points of road accident in the community, (2) drinking alcohol and speed driving, and (3) not wearing a helmet. The implement actions to eliminate the road safety issues were as follows: initiate road safety awareness campaign in the community, building community leaders’ capability on basic resuscitation and first aid, and develop community rules to prevent road accidence. After implement actions had taken place, the results were as follows: (1) the accident rate decreased, (2) innovations were created to create road safety in the community, (3) the helmet wearing rate was as high as 62 percent, and (4) after the training, the leaders had significantly more knowledge (p<0.001). Therefore, it is recommended that the committee of the Lo Subdistrict Road Safety Center disseminate data on the results of the operation, follow up and evaluate the results, and promote and support continuous road safety operation.