Department of Environmental Health and Technology, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Thasala 80160, Na Khon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Department of Community Public Health, School of Public Health, Walailak University, Thasala 80160, Na Khon Si Thammarat, Thailand.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 15;19(16):10049. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610049.
Thailand's community-based tourism (CBT) faces a challenging adaptation in response to COVID-19 prevention. This study aimed to assess the readiness for effective implementation of the Safety and Health Administration (SHA) for COVID-19 prevention in the tourism community. A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Three communities covering all types of CBT in Nakhon-Si-Thammarat province, southern Thailand were purposively chosen. Fifteen key informants were invited to participate in the study. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted, and the data were analysed using the thematic analysis method. The readiness stage was assigned by consensual comprehensive scores. The overall readiness of CBT is pre-planning stage, a clear recognition of the SHA benefit, and there are sufficient resources for implementation. At this stage, there is no planning because the business owners feel that they have inadequate knowledge about the SHA protocol. Another main barrier is having limited accessibility for SHA information which mainly provides through with technology platform. The CBT owner needs to improve public health-based knowledge, technology and cooperation skills to operate SHA efficiently. However, in order to embed SHA to the CBT, tourism and public health organisation should provide suitable methods at the initiation stage by considering the community readiness and need.
泰国的社区旅游（CBT）在应对 COVID-19 预防措施方面面临着具有挑战性的适应。本研究旨在评估旅游业社区有效实施安全与健康管理（SHA）以预防 COVID-19 的准备情况。本研究采用定性方法。在泰国南部那空是贪玛叻府选择了涵盖所有类型 CBT 的三个社区进行了有针对性的选择。邀请了 15 名关键知情者参加研究。进行了半结构化深入访谈，并使用主题分析方法对数据进行了分析。准备阶段的分配是根据共识的综合得分。CBT 的总体准备情况处于规划前阶段，清楚地认识到 SHA 的好处，并且有足够的资源来实施。在这个阶段，由于企业主觉得他们对 SHA 协议的知识不足，因此没有进行规划。另一个主要障碍是获取 SHA 信息的途径有限，主要通过技术平台提供。CBT 所有者需要提高基于公共卫生的知识、技术和合作技能，以有效地实施 SHA。然而，为了将 SHA 嵌入到 CBT 中，旅游和公共卫生组织应该在启动阶段考虑社区的准备情况和需求，提供合适的方法。
