Risk Management by the Heads of Health Centres in Public Health Region 12

摘要

This research studied the risk management of the heads of Health Centres in Public Health Region 12. There were a total of 645 respondents involved in the study, which used systematic sampling and employed the cross-sectional descriptive design, using a questionnaire as an instrument. Data collection was carried out after the pilot study and ethical investigation. The methods of analysis were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation and Stepwise multiple regression. The demographic factors of the sample revealed that the majority of respondents were female, aged on average 34.49 years old, married, bachelor degree holders with an income ranging from 10,000-20,000 baht. Results indicated that there was risk management strategies were, on average, 3 years old. The hygiene factor was at the ‘extreme’ level and career status was found to be at the highest level while the income category was at the moderate level. Risk management had a low and positive relationship with the following demographic factors at a significance level of 0.05: gender, marital status and academic education. However, motivation and hygiene factors had a moderate correlation relationship at a significance level of 0.001. Finally, the findings of this study showed that five significance predictors contributed 60.40 percent of the total variance of risk management. These were work stability, the hygiene factor, responsibility, the motivation factor, administration, and level of academic education.