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Meanings and Indicators of Well-being in Health in the Perspective of the Farmers in the Northeast of Thailand
Krobbuaban B 
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Prompakping B
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Prompakping B Background: Well-being is a complex notion with many different dimensions whose definition is disputed. Therefore, thepresent study considers the meanings and indicators of well-being in health in the perspective of the farmers of the Northeastof Thailand. The conceptual framework of research is based on well-being concepts developed by the Research Group onWellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD) and further developed by the Research Group on Well-being and Development atKhon Kaen University. The concept is comprised of three main dimensions. The first is what people have or do not have(material and human resources, social relationship). The second is what people do and do not do or cannot do with theseresources, and why (social or cultural action). The third is how people judge, assess, and feel about these things, how theymake and cannot make sense of what happens (meaning).
Material and Method: The present study is qualitative research. The population of the present research was the farmers inthe target area where the data were collected by purposive sampling in Chaiyaphum Province. The main research methodologyemployed was focus group discussion with district member in one district from each of the three groups of district inChaiyaphum province. The secondary research method employed was a workshop of ten qualified representatives of thepersonnel from both the government and private sectors who were involved with the farmers in the province were selected bypurposive sampling. Then, the data were analyzed by means of content analysis. The method for reviewing of data was thetriangular technique.
Results: The results of the present study found that the meanings of “well-being in health in the perspective of the farmers inthe Northeast” reflect every perspective: materials and non-materials (objective and subjective well-being). The indicators ofwell-being in health in the perspective of the farmers of the Northeast of Thailand had eight aspects and forty-five indicatorsthat included both subjective well-being and objective well-being.
Conclusion: The present study concludes that well-being indicators that developed from the viewpoints of farmers could beemployed to enhance well-being of farmers in the development process.
Keywords: Well-being, Health, Farmer, Meaning, IndicatorCorrespondence to:
Material and Method: The present study is qualitative research. The population of the present research was the farmers inthe target area where the data were collected by purposive sampling in Chaiyaphum Province. The main research methodologyemployed was focus group discussion with district member in one district from each of the three groups of district inChaiyaphum province. The secondary research method employed was a workshop of ten qualified representatives of thepersonnel from both the government and private sectors who were involved with the farmers in the province were selected bypurposive sampling. Then, the data were analyzed by means of content analysis. The method for reviewing of data was thetriangular technique.
Results: The results of the present study found that the meanings of “well-being in health in the perspective of the farmers inthe Northeast” reflect every perspective: materials and non-materials (objective and subjective well-being). The indicators ofwell-being in health in the perspective of the farmers of the Northeast of Thailand had eight aspects and forty-five indicatorsthat included both subjective well-being and objective well-being.
Conclusion: The present study concludes that well-being indicators that developed from the viewpoints of farmers could beemployed to enhance well-being of farmers in the development process.
Keywords: Well-being, Health, Farmer, Meaning, IndicatorCorrespondence to:
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