Strategies for Promoting Potential of Village Health Volunteers in Chiang Rai to Support Aging Society

Abstract

This research aimed to create the strategies for promoting potential of village health volunteers (VHV) in Chiang Rai to support aging society. The researcher’s conducted the research by collecting and creatin the database both from literature reviews and interviews with relevant people. The qualitative data and internal and external data potential were analyzed using the SWOT analysis approach in oracle to create a draft of the strategy plan.

Findings showed that the vision that healthcare in the aging society in the next decades would be taken care by the VHVs according to the standard for sustainable self-reliance. The goal was to use the potential of the VHVs and increase the healthcare options for the aging society based on standard for sustainable self-reliance. Five strategies involved arranging the database of potential of the VHVs in Chiang Rai and seriously driving the mechanism at the local level, constructing the value in promoting the performance of the VHVs in Chiang Rai, promoting the professional development inclusively to move forward the VHVs’ performance, developing the work protection and welfare for the VHVs in Chiang Rai, and encouraging the work integration of the VHVs in Chiang Rai to support the aging society.  The proposal is that there should be preparation to create security and stability for the VHVs when the system is transferred into the management of local government organizations. In addition, promoting village health volunteers to work in the system, there are additional careers to increase income simultaneously in order to have skills and experience that enable then to work continuously.