Conditions on the Non-communicable Disease (NCD) Prevention Behaviors of the Population of Mae Pao Sub-district, Phaya Meng Rai District, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

     The objective of this research was to study the factors relating to the non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention behaviors of the population of Mae Pao sub-district, Phaya Meng Rai district, Chiang Rai province. The key informants were 5 healthy residents who took self-health care regularly. The purposive sampling method [was used in this qualitative research]. An in-depth interview was used as a tool to collect data. The questions were broadly and flexibly formulated in order to adjust any response to completely reflecting the problem-oriented perspectives of those key informants. Miles and Huberman’s guidelines including data deduction, data display and conclusion drawing and verification (Miles and Huberman, 1994) were employed in the data analysis.

     The results revealed that the conditions on the non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention behaviors of the population of Mae Pao sub-district, Phaya Meng Rai district, Chiang Rai province were the conditions related to the psychological characteristics of their personal traits and the social environment.

Keyword: conditions; non-communicable disease prevention behavior; population of Mae Pao sub-district