The Efficiency of Public Health Emergency Management Model in Case of Flood Disaster in Nan Province - ประสิทธิภาพรูปแบบการจัดการภาวะฉุกเฉินทางด้านสาธารณสุข : กรณีภัยภิบัติน้ำท่วม จังหวัดน่าน

Abstract

The evaluation research by CIPP Model was aimed at efficiency assessment of public health
crisis management model in case of flooding in Nan province, Thailand. These survey research was
cross-sectional study covering 100 officers in public health crisis management and 966 participants
in Tha Wang Pha district, Mueang Nan district, Phu Phiang district and Wiang Sa district
It was found that, the context indicated the readiness for six catastrophic emergency measures
as derived by past potulism outbreak experiences. As such, its emergency management plan could
be described in three phases of, preparedness, crisis management and rehabilitation. In the input
process, the Nan Provincial Public Health Office had set up a policy and guidelines on public health
emergency management. Whereas the six measures were duly incorporated in operation manuals
for catastrophic emergency by service providers at all levels. In the process, the Nan management
team showed high and highest regards on the public health emergency model. As a result, the
product assessment underlined the effective integration of such plan which forming productive
medical, health professional, and social civil networks. The 2011 nationwide catastrophic flood in
Nan, then, was not fatal. The survey of the affected groups, consequently, underscored health education
and risk communications in health crisis management.
Key words: public health emergency, public health emergency management