DEVELOPMENT OF PROMOTING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF TEMPLES AND COMMUNITIES IN NONTHABURI PROVINCE ACCORDING TO TEMPLE PEOPLE GOVERNMENT PROJECT

Abstract

This research article aimed:1. To study the development of health promotion and environmental management in monasteries and communities in Nonthaburi Province, 2. To examine the factors influencing such development, and 3. To propose development strategies aligned with the Wat Pracha Rath Sang Suk (Monastery, People, Govrnment Happiness Creation) project. A mixed-methods approach was employed. Quantitatively, data were collected through questionnaires distributed to 190 monks, and analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis. Qualitatively, in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 key informants, including monastic leaders, public administration scholars, Buddhist studies scholars, and community representatives. The qualitative data were analyzed using content descriptive interpretation.

Findings were as follows: 1. The development of promoting health and environmental management of temples and communities in Nonthaburi Province found that in overall was at high. 2. The 5’S principle significantly affected health promotion and environmental management of temples and communities in all aspects at the 0.01 and 0.05 levels and could jointly predict health promotion and environmental management of temples and communities by 72.5 percent. The 4 Sappaya principles significantly affected at the 0.01 and could jointly predict by 71.5 percent. 3. Development of health promotion and environmental management of temples and communities under the Wat Pracha Rath Sang Suk Project, in terms of developing a health database, monasteries and communities have collected health data on monks, novices, and community, in terms of developing monastery locations into areas for promoting health and taking responsibility for duties, monasteries and communities were drug-free and areas for promoting health, in terms of promoting health activities, monasteries and communities have methods for practicing health activities, in terms of developing environmental management systems within monasteries and communities, monasteries and communities have waste, wastewater and energy management systems, in terms of developing monasteries into learning centers for health promotion, monasteries and communities cooperate with relevant agencies to develop health knowledge.