The Development of Family Strengthening Enhancement Process to Prevent and Guard the Spread of Narcotics Abuse in the Bordering Village Zones of Chiangrai Province

Abstract

The objectives of the research entitled “Process Development of Enhancing Family’s
Capacity for Protection and Monitoring Drug’s Widespread in Border Villages, Chiang Rai
Province” were to survey the context of the families and communities in Chiang Rai province’s
border, to analyze the strengthened compositions of the border families and communities in
Chiang Rai province, to study the causal factors affecting the strengths of the families and
communities in Chiang Rai province and to develop the process development of enhancingfamily’s capacity for protection and monitoring drug’s widespread in border villages, Chiang Rai
province. The samples used for studying the context and factors were 519 residents in
Mae Fah Luang district, Mae Sai district, Chiang Saen district, and Chiang Khong district
selected by Multistage Random Sampling. The focus groups were the representatives from
educational institutes, police office, social development organization, local organization,
representatives of foundation and private sectors, representatives from families and youth
representatives selected by Purposive Selection .e research methodology were a questionnaire
an interview and a focus group. Data analysis was done by frequency, percentage, means,
deviation, factor analysis, multiple regression analysis and content analysis.
The study results were as follows:
1. The context of the families in Chiang Rai border showed that mostly, there were
4 members in a family. Parents were the main people who make a living and had savings.
However, they were in debt. The solution for debt obligation was loaning from reliable
finance resource more than unreliable resource. Half of the households, there were not any
obligation for the children and the members. Most families, they emphasized their children on
education and they would be together at least 1-2 hours. Half of the families thought that they
were happy at a high level. The main problem was being in debt. More than a half of the
households, they expect their children or the members to be good people and high educated
more than have a good job.
2. The compositions of the border families and communities in Chiang Rai province
composed of 6 aspects; knowledge and learning of quality of life, security of the family,
income and savings of the family, relationship of the family, being safe from all vices and
violence in the family, and participation in activities and expressing opinions.
3. Factors affecting the strengths of the border families and communities in Chiang Rai
province could explain of the variance or affected the strength of the family at 49.3 percent.
4. Process development of enhancing family’s capacity for protection and monitoring
drug’s widespread in border villages, Chiang Rai province was summarized follows :
Process 1 : The preparation of operation enhance family’s Capacity for protection
and monitoring drug’s widespread in border villages, Chiang Rai province.
Process 2 : The operation enhance family’s capacity for protection and monitoring
drug’s widespread in border villages, Chiang Rai province
Process 3 The evaluation of operation enhance family’s Capacity for protection and
monitoring drug’s widespread in border villages, Chiang Rai province.