Measuring quality of life in Thai and US communities.
Assuring that the quality of life is continually improved for community residents is an important outcome of primary health care (PHC) programmes. Yet, how can it be measured. Below, the authors describe a tool developed to elicit client perceptions of PHC conditions in two communities in two different cultures: one in Thailand, the other in the USA. Such a tool can help communities prioritize their concerns and monitor the effect of PHC interventions.
Watanakij
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Nursing Division, Ministry of Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
McElmurry
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D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002641:Chicago; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D013785:Thailand; D017749:Total Quality Management