Implementation of ministerial order on market place, 2551 B.E., in municipality district

Abstract

The objectives of this study are: 1.  to study individual demographic data; awareness level on administration; knowledge level; and implementation of ministerial order on market place, 2551 B.E., in municipality district, 2.  to study factors related to implementation of ministerial order on market place, 2551 B.E., in municipality district.

The method for this study was a random sampling 110 public health and environmental health directors from municipal districts around the country of Thailand.   Questionnaire was used as the instrument in collecting data, with reliability test of awareness on administration equal to 0.8814, reliability test of knowledge level equal to 0.8966, and reliability test of implementation of ministerial order equal to 0.8266. The statistics used were mean, percent and spearman rank correlation.

Results of the study indicate that: 1. Demographic characteristics of those who answered questionnaire, with average age of 48.3 years old, average duration of directorship 6.9 years, and 59.8% had education level of higher than bachelor degree.  Regarding awareness of implementation of ministerial order on marketing, 2551 B.E., from Health Department, 93.5% had additional study on the implementation of the said ministerial order; 97.8% had studied from handbooks on the said ministerial order on market place; 94.6% had worked with authority on the said ministerial order.  Implementation of the said ministerial order on market place was 89.1% in high level; 98.9% had a high level of awareness on administration; and 55.4% had a high level of knowledge.  2.  Gender factor correlates with implementation of the said ministerial order, with statistical significant (p-value<.05). Most problems found were each individual has many responsibilities, lacking of legal knowledge, and very few personnel. Recommendations is Municipality districts should have planned for increasing personnel according to the amount of work ratio; set up procedural  plan for fresh produce market, and planning for resources such as materials, instruments, vehicles, etc. to support the work process.