The Potential Performance Children with Special needs Quality of Life Development Base on Community Participation in Urban: Case Study Suthep sub - district Municipality Muangchiangmai District, Chiangmai Province
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The purposes of this study were to 1) study roles of the health leaders to children with special needs quality of life promotion 2) synthesis community potential performance to children with special needs quality of life promotion. The study was designed by cross-sectional descriptive studies. The number of sample size was 96 community health leaders and 19 stakeholders in Suthep sub-district municipality Muangchiangmai district, Chiangmai province. Data were collected using questionnaires, informal interview and stakeholder group operational seminar. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used for data analysis. The results indicated that roles of the health leaders were on the modulate level (mean = 1.82±0.48). The SWOT analysis showed readiness of personnel and participation in quality of life development of children with special needs in the community. However, treatment knowledge of personnel and budget allocation from local government organization were still very poor.
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