Model Of Training For Positive Characteristic Development Among Village Health Volunteer Counselors For Covid-19 Pandemic And Emerging Diseases

Abstract

This research aimed to make a training model on positive characteristic enhancement among village health volunteer (VHV) counselors for COVID-19 pandemic and emerging disease, and to assess and measure positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors for COVID-19 pandemic and emerging diseases after developing positive characteristics enhancement. The participants were 50 VHVs selected by purposive sampling. Research instruments were training package on positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors for COVID-19 pandemic and emerging disease. Questionnaires for assessing positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors for COVID-19 pandemic and emerging disease were developed. Overall mean scores of positive characteristic enhancements among VHV counselors before the trial, after the trial, and after the follow-up were analyzed with one -way ANOVA repeated measurement. Overall mean and individual mean of positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors before the trial, after the trial, and after the follow-up were analyzed by paired comparison and Post Hoc test with Least Significant Differences (LSD). Result revealed that training package on positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors was structuring relation of theories, concepts and techniques of counseling, psychological techniques, and training techniques which was brought to use on each positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors such as professional characteristic, responsible characteristic, mental characteristic, and honest characteristic. Training package had 3 steps which were initial stage, working stage and ending stage. Assessment of positive characteristic enhancement level among VHV counselors revealed that overall mean and individual means of positive characteristic enhancement among VHV counselors after the trial, and after the follow-up were higher than before the trial, and overall mean and individual mean of positive characteristic enhancement among counselors after the follow-up were statically significantly higher than after the trial at P < 0.01. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that training package for COVID-19 and emerging diseases could enhance positive characteristics among VHV counselors.