Description

Increasing Community Capacity and Empowering Community Members to Improve the Health and Well-Being of Chiang Mai Hill-Tribes and Low-income Groups in Three Thai Districts.

The participatory action research aimed :1) to determine how to improve implementation and effectiveness in promoting the integral development of youth, seniors and women in Hill tribes;2):to determine how to improve implementation and effectiveness in promoting development of skills among sub-district administration /organization and municipality personnel in the area of community development;3)to determine how to improve implementation and effectiveness in promoting creation of community partnerships by local actors for health promotion.

The local area health-care has been planned. The programs were implemented under the authority of provincial board consisting of representatives from the local government, communities, and the Ministry of Health. This is especially crucial for disadvantaged groups like the Chiang Mai Hill-Tribes and other low-income communities. it involves providing incentives, skills and strategies to community members to enable their effective participation in designing and implementing new autonomous health care and social service systems that meet local needs.Specifically, it is proposed that proven, effective participatory action techniques are utilized to educate, empower, and involve members of these communities.

These included:appreciative Inquiry,asset based community development,training in the use of focus groups. Delphi methods,participatory rural appraisal (PRA),community walking mapping and participatory evaluation.