The Factors Affecting the Participation by Hospital Personnel in Environmental Health Development in Accordance with the “GREEN And CLEAN” Hospital Criteria under the Ministry of Public Health in Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate factors influencing the participation in an environmental health development program in accordance with the GREEN and CLEAN Hospital criteria by hospital staff under the Ministry of Public Health in Phetchaburi Province. The sample consisted of 344 hospital staffsfrom 8 hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health and those staff were responsible for the operation of environmental health development. The instruments consisted of questionnaires for measuring knowledge relevant to the operation, awareness of operation, social supports of operation, participation ofoperation, management of operation, and motivation to the operation according to the GREEN & CLEAN Hospital criteria. Data analysis, the stepwise multiple regression analyses were performed. The results of the research were as follows: Social support in operations; Managementin operations and Motivationin operationsweremoderate correlation with participation in environmental health development work (r=.41-.60). The Knowledgein operations and Awarenessin operations were lowcorrelation with participation in environmental health development work (r<.20). The four independent variables that could predict participation in environmental health development work were Management. In operations;Motivation in operations;Social support in operations and Knowledge in operations can predict 45.9%ofparticipation in environmental health development.Therefore, administrators should apply management principles to the development of environmental health work, promote personnel to have knowledge in environmental health development operations, create a supervisor that is recognized by the hospital staff to drive the jobas well as to strengthen the incentives for hospital personnel to build the participation of hospital personnelin orderto make the hospital's environmental health development work on a continuous and sustainable basis.Keywords:Environmental Health,Factors Affecting Participation, GREEN and CLEAN Hospitals