Community Participation Model for Solving Unintended Teenage Pregnancy Problems, Mahasarakham Province. รูปแบบการแก้ปัญหาการตั้งครรภ์ไม่พร้อมของวัยรุ่นในจังหวัดมหาสารคามอย่างมีส่วนร่วมของชุมชน

Abstract

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Introduction : Unintended teenage pregnancy incidence in Thailand has been increasing continuously. Mahasarakham province is a problem area that its communities have strong intention to solve this problem.
Objective : To develop a community participation model to solve of unintended teenage pregnancy with community participation in Mahasarakham province.
Method : An action research with applying community participation techniques was conducted among community leaders, local administration members, family leaders, teachers, health personnel, village health volunteers and adolescent leaders. Meetings, participatory observation were used to identify the problems and develop the model. The data was validated through triangulation and underwent content analysis.
Result : The community leaders worked cooperated develop a model for solving unintended teenage pregnancy problems with 9 processes 1) study the community context and community participation 2) meeting to identify the problems 3) feedback the findings to the community 4)organizing workshops 5) assignment the tasks 6) share decision making 7) implementation 8) monitoring and evaluation 9) lesson learnt. The community had planned for relevant process to solve the problems including 1) life skills building for adolescents to prevent unintended pregnancy 2) knowledge management 3) learning in prevention of unintended pregnancy
Conclusion : Participation techniques give community opportunity to fully participate and could sustainably solve the problems.
Keyword : Community participation, unintended teenage pregnancy.