Community Health Studies: Synthesis Through The District Health Board

Abstract

This article aimed to review the status of knowledge about community public health through by synthesize related research on the operational project of the district health board. It could be divided into 4 categories included 1) efficiency evaluation and improvement projects 2) a survey of the motivations and factors leading to the success 3) The studies of collaborative governance and 4) Flexible study groups.

The results of the research showed some limitations. First, mainstream studies had established limitations in methodologies and findings under the influence of positivism. Second, the lack of critical paradigms had been the cause of insufficient questioning about the existences or known as common sense. Based on these studies, the authors suggested that further studies should be concentrated on the explanations of the connection between the unit of analysis and the bureaucratic systems of the state which often were the beginning of problems in practical level but not to be mentioned. Moreover, Thai government's health policy makers should be questioned for opening the critical perspective which lead to the improvement of better society.