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The Roles of Buddhist Monastery in Supporting Community Health : A Case Study of Wat Phra Thad Doi Saket, Chiangmai Province 2010
Researcher : Mrs.Jittima Senachai date : 28/11/2011
Degree : พุทธศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต(พระพุทธศาสนา)
Committee :
  พระครูพิพิธสุตาทร,ดร.
  ผศ.ดร.เทพประวิณ จันทร์แรง
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Graduate : 2553
 
Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to study the roles of Wat Phra Thad Doi Saket in supporting the community health and to study the factors affecting the roles of the Wat Phra Thad Doi Saket in supporting the community health. The primary data was collected by random sampling. They were two kinds of tool instruments used; the questionnaire was used to collect 317 samples and the interview form was used to collect 22 samples. The results of this study can be concluded as  follows.

In the overview, they have four roles in supporting community health in high level. The average score was 3.84 The highest score of the roles was the on community health supporting (average score 3.97). The second was the Spiritual health supporting and the Spiritual Health supporting (average score 3.90). The lowest score was the physical health supporting (average score 3.59).

The factors affecting the temple’s roles in supporting the community health are in high level (average score 3.76). Considering in detail, the results reveal that the place and the environment factor was the highest score (average score 3.89) followed by the budget factor (average score 3.74), the personal factor (average score 3.73) and the material and equipment factor (average score 3.65).

The coefficient correlation analysis showed that there was a correlation between the factors which affected the role of Wat Phra Thad Doi Saket in supporting the community health.. The results of an analysis showed that 4 factors as the place and environment, the people, the material and equipment and the budget have correlation with Wat Phra Thad Doi Saket  role in supporting the community health. The ranking was the role of the mental and soul health supporting, the social health supporting, the mental health supporting and the physical health supporting, respectively, (p<0.01).

                        Moreover, there are other suggestions that the four activities should be covered i.e. from body health the compai against disease, to take care of the environment, to do competition of exercise, to select the good health by people, to make a good place in the temple. From spiritual health the community should have the activities for children, the activities that make love and relation for family members , and good preaching. From social factor the community should arrange a learning centre for community development and make a public garden. From spiritual health the community should make the Dhamma-practice activity and send the monk to preach at home in important events.

 

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