The Association between Knowledge, Attitude and Decision on Mission Transfer to Local Administrative Organization of Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital Personnel in Kanchanaburi Province

Abstract

Objectives: of this research were to evaluate the decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospital to local administrative organization as well as to study the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization of staff members in sub-district health promotion hospitals in Kanchanaburi province.

Methods: The population of this cross-sectional study was a group of 668 staff members in sub-district health promotion hospital in Kanchanaburi province with a sample size of 247 people. The sample size was calculated by using the Epi Info application and applying simple random sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire of knowledge, attitude and decision-making to mission transfer to the local administrative organization, with the Cronbach’s alpha coefficients values at 0.8, 0.9, 0.7 respectively. The statistics applied were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and logistic regression analysis.

Results: The research result demonstrated that the overall decision to mission transfer of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization was at a moderate level. Knowledge factors as well as attitudes towards transferring missions of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local administrative organization including information, getting support, mission transfer were substantially correlated with the decision to transfer missions of sub-district health promotion hospitals to local government association at a significance level of .05.