Development of Application to Encourage Staff in Nutrition, Personal Health Care and Work Safety for Wellness Hotel Staff in Lanna Tourism Development Areaof the Application to Encourages Staff in Nutrition, Personal Health Care and Works Safety for Wellness Accommodation Staff in the Lanna Tourism Development Area
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The objectives of this research article were to develop the application that encourages
staff in nutrition, personal health care and work safety for wellness hotel staff in the Lanna Tourism Development Area and to evaluate the satisfaction with the performance of the application. The contents in the application showed in various forms of digital media such as articles, videos, and infographics that provided personnel development information. The samples groups consisted of 24 hotel executives or hotel representatives chosen by using purposive sampling and collected data by using in-depth interviews; and 50 staff members in the Lanna Tourism Development Area that volunteered to participate. The research tools were the application and the application performance satisfaction survey. The statistics used in analyzed were mean, percentage and standard deviation. The findings revealed that: the application can encourage staff in nutrition, personal health care and work safety, that display information on various digital media including articles, images, videos and infographics; and run on android OS. The application was divided into 6 menus, including nutrition, health, work knowledge, useful hint, health hotline and about application. The user’s overall satisfaction with the effectiveness of the application was at a high level (= 4.39, S.D. = 0.491) and 90% of the users were satisfied with the performance of the application at a high level
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