Abstract
Tile Driving Health Literacy For Thailand Nation Health Reform
Field Social - Psychology
Name Thongchai Lertwilairatanapong Course NDC Class 61
Health Literacy is define as thinking skill and social skill that determine
motivation and ability to access understanding and process information in making a
better health that relate to the use of health service and health expenses. Which are
the important factors for Health Promotion and Health Prevention and also is one of
the issue for the National Reform in Public Health and 20 years National Strategy that
must be used to drive Thai population and society to have a better Health Literacy.
The objectives of this research aims to study the Learning organization model in
different level to make a propose for driven Health Literacy model. The results reveal
that in each level, community, government and private sector have made the propose
for the national level to set up Health Literacy and Communication Committee and
Health Literate Organization by Ministry of Public Health as core organization. As for
the driven at organization / division / community levels can be divide into 3 systems
as social & culture, system, education system and health system. As for Population
level driven there has to focus on easy quick and on time information that inspire
people to make the decision to change their appropriate behaviors. The main
suggestion is that the leader must have understanding and act as role model in
Health literacy. Also must have a proper technology mechanism to motivate and
inspiration to change behavior and it is a role model that everybody must do to take
care of their health.
