The three objectives of a analytical study of buddhist monks ’ health care behavior in Phrae province were 1) To study the buddhist monks ’ health care behavior in Phrae province, 2) To compare the behavior health care of the priest which were divided by age, years, education and location of the temple, and 3) To provide guidelines for the prevention and solution of health problems of them in Phrae province. 262 populations were studied. Data collection was conducted by the use of questionnaires. As for quantitative data, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, One – Way Anova : F – test were used, The data were analyzed by SPSS program.
From the results of the study, It was found that the basic of knowledge on the health care of the monks in Phrae province was most the environmental health care, average 1.85, the second were actually, average 1.80, food, average 1.79, air average 1.73, emotional value, average 1.65 and exercise, average 1.64. The most of one’s inborn disease of monk in Phrae province were back pain, lumbar and arthritis, 30.53% of disease and minor disease was hypertension, 24.81% of disease.
Comparing the behavior of performance in the health care of the overall which divided by age, years, education and location of the temple of priest in Phrae province. It was found that the environmental to health care was at most level. Health care in food, air, emotional and exercise were at the medium level. An allurements which lead to ruin had been involved was at the least level. Overall, the results of hypothesis testing. It was found that the behavior observed in the health care of the priest in Phrae province was not different at .05 level of significance.
The way to protection problems which should have emphasized to provide knowledge and understanding about appropriate behavioral health care and have arranged the environment in the temple to have a pure environment for area non-smoking at all, have given the knowledge to the behavior of health care in a proper way that will lead to good behavioral change are especially smoking habits, exercise and a selection of healthy food. In order to have the way out for make plan behavior of health care of monks were clear and more efficient, we ought to make the guideline health manual, publicity materials, establish center of health care priests inside the temple of the parents in each the provinces. |