CULTURAL-BASED LIFELONG LEARNING PROMOTION APPROACH TO DRIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH: THE CASE OF WORANAKORN COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER NETWORK, PUA DISTRICT, NAN PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research paper were: 1) To study the process of promoting culture-based lifelong learning to drive community health; A case study of the Woranakorn Community Volunteer Network, Pua District, Nan Province and 2) To promote lifelong learning with culture as the base to drive community health. It is a qualitative study. consisted of 22 people, 8 people were in-depth interviews, and 14 people were focus group discussions. It was a purposive selection. The instrument is an outlined questionnaire with the criteria for selecting the samples: community health promotion leaders, community volunteer work, and willing to provide information throughout the research project. Analyze data by content analysis Check the quality with a triangle technique and present it descriptively. The results of the study showed that 1) The process of promoting lifelong learning by culture as a base to drive community health: A case study of the Woranakorn Community Volunteer Network, Pua District, Nan Province, is that the significant cultural costs of the study area include 1.1) Local wisdom on health promotion 1.2) Local traditions and culture. 1.3) Religion and beliefs. 1.4) Local language and literature and 1.5) Volunteer culture to help others. And 2) Promote lifelong learning by culture as a base to drive community health, namely. 2.1) Health wisdom education. 2.2) Knowledge management and horizontal communication. 2.3) Promotion of participatory learning. 2.4) Appropriate use of information technology and 2.5) Creation of a network of volunteer collaboration. The results of the study reflect that cultural costs have been fundamental to health promotion in Pua District, Nan Province. Community-based and rural interaction enable volunteer networks to drive inclusive and sustainable health promotion.