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An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand
BACKGROUND: Public health professionals play a significant role in primary care services in Thailand. Although efforts are being taken to establish professional standards it has neither been outlined nor been officially announced. There is a lack of understanding of what is a suitable set of core co...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533937/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120940531 |
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author | Leethongdissakul, Songkramchai Chada, Wilawun Pengpid, Supa Chualinfa, Sangud |
author_facet | Leethongdissakul, Songkramchai Chada, Wilawun Pengpid, Supa Chualinfa, Sangud |
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description | BACKGROUND: Public health professionals play a significant role in primary care services in Thailand. Although efforts are being taken to establish professional standards it has neither been outlined nor been officially announced. There is a lack of understanding of what is a suitable set of core competencies for a public health professional. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the core competencies of public health professionals at the primary care service level in Thailand. METHODS: A quantitative survey using a questionnaire was conducted in 862 public health professionals in the northeast of Thailand. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to develop a tool to test the competencies of public health professionals. RESULTS: The results revealed core competencies in the following five main proficiencies: (1) public health administration and laws; (2) disease prevention and control; (3) social and environmental determinant of health and health research; (4) health promotion and community; and (5) basic medical care, screening, and diagnosis. In addition, the five core competencies included 50 items suitable for this sample. These factors accounted for 71.90% of the variance. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this study’s finding provides significant recommendations to policymakers to improve and initiate a new policy or a standard guideline for public health education and human resource for health production and management in Thailand. |
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spelling | pubmed-75339372020-10-14 An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand Leethongdissakul, Songkramchai Chada, Wilawun Pengpid, Supa Chualinfa, Sangud SAGE Open Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Public health professionals play a significant role in primary care services in Thailand. Although efforts are being taken to establish professional standards it has neither been outlined nor been officially announced. There is a lack of understanding of what is a suitable set of core competencies for a public health professional. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore the core competencies of public health professionals at the primary care service level in Thailand. METHODS: A quantitative survey using a questionnaire was conducted in 862 public health professionals in the northeast of Thailand. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to develop a tool to test the competencies of public health professionals. RESULTS: The results revealed core competencies in the following five main proficiencies: (1) public health administration and laws; (2) disease prevention and control; (3) social and environmental determinant of health and health research; (4) health promotion and community; and (5) basic medical care, screening, and diagnosis. In addition, the five core competencies included 50 items suitable for this sample. These factors accounted for 71.90% of the variance. CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this study’s finding provides significant recommendations to policymakers to improve and initiate a new policy or a standard guideline for public health education and human resource for health production and management in Thailand. SAGE Publications 2020-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7533937/ /pubmed/33062274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120940531 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Leethongdissakul, Songkramchai Chada, Wilawun Pengpid, Supa Chualinfa, Sangud An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title | An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title_full | An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title_fullStr | An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title_full_unstemmed | An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title_short | An exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in Northeastern Thailand |
title_sort | exploratory factor analysis of core competencies of public health professionals at primary care service level in northeastern thailand |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533937/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33062274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120940531 |
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