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Friday, 21 July 2006
This presentation is part of : Community Health Collaboration and Models
Role, Functions, and Potential of Healthcare Personnel in the Primary Care Unit
Supunnee Thrakul, MS, RN1, Supanee Senadisai, MS, RN2, Autchareeya Patoomwan, PhD, RN3, and Vajira Kasikosol, MA, RN1. (1) Community Health Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, (2) Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, (3) Pediatric Nursing, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Learning Objective #1: develop health care personnels' capacity for effective care in the primary care unit.
Learning Objective #2: study the need of nurses caring for patients in the primary care unit.
The purpose of this research was to analyze role, functions, and potential of health care personnels working in the primary care unit.  The subjects were 10 health care personnels in one Amphur (County) of a province located in the central region of Thailand.  This study was as action research conducting between April 2002 and March 2003.  Data collection was done by using an individual in-depth interview and a focus group discussion.  The instruments were the interview guidelines for the individual interview and focus group interview.  Audiotapes were transcribed verbatim.  Qualitative content anlysis of the transcripts was elicited themes.  The results revealed that health care personnel's functions in the primary care unit of the universal health care coverage policy (30 Baht project) was systematic in their role, especially in health promotion and disease prevention, environmental sanitation, home visit, disease screening, health education and counseling.  Primary medical care in the primary care unit requires graduated or well-trained health care provider team:- physician, professional nurse, phamacist or phamacy assistant.  It is necessary to develop health care personnels' capacity in order to be able to effectively care for patients with confidence and having good quality in developing a variety of health projects to promote health for Thai people.  Basic information from this study would be the knowledge evidence in developing the potentials of the health care personnels in order to improve the effectiveness of their work in the primary care units.  

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