Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand
Background This study reports stakeholders’ ratings, and perceived gaps in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 8 implementation in Thailand viewed against WHO’s Guidelines for Article 8 and to inform action in preparing the 2017 Tobacco Product C...
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This study reports stakeholders’ ratings, and perceived gaps in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 8 implementation in Thailand viewed against WHO’s Guidelines for Article 8 and to inform action in preparing the 2017 Tobacco Product Control Act.
Methods
Stakeholder ratings of Guideline provisions of Article 8 on a three-tiered scale of implementation from understanding to effectiveness and efficiency were used to identify gaps in enforcement and compliance important to success in meeting Article 8 goals. This stakeholder assessment occurred through a stakeholder meeting of 55 stakeholders in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2016.
Results
The average of all assessment ratings by stakeholders on an ascending 0-3 scale had a mean score of 1.67, which means the level of implementation for Article 8 in Thailand was rated less than effective for enforcement. The assessment shows that the public understanding of smoke-free principles is also poor at a mean of 1.28, that there is incomplete effectiveness of smoke-free measures with a mean of 1.75, and only a general effectiveness that smoke-free protections are adequately covering most places with a mean of 1.98. More needs to be done to make all places compliant through enforcement efforts rated with a mean of only 1, and that more is necessary for protection from tobacco-smoke exposure in other public places and in private vehicles with mean ratings of 1.71 and 1.14.
Conclusion
This stakeholder approach using a three-tiered rating scale found that the implementation of Article 8 in Thailand is still lacking. With this approach, stakeholders identified critical issues needing improvement and informed changes in the then-proposed Tobacco Product Control Act which later was adopted in 2017. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7edf1434a9e24f878ed2067ff98d37512022-12-21T23:27:47ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392018-10-0171091992210.15171/IJHPM.2018.47Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in ThailandNipapun Kungskulniti0Siriwan Pitayarangsarit1Stephen Hamann2Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandTobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandTobacco Control Research and Knowledge Management Center, Mahidol University, Bangkok, ThailandBackground This study reports stakeholders’ ratings, and perceived gaps in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 8 implementation in Thailand viewed against WHO’s Guidelines for Article 8 and to inform action in preparing the 2017 Tobacco Product Control Act. Methods Stakeholder ratings of Guideline provisions of Article 8 on a three-tiered scale of implementation from understanding to effectiveness and efficiency were used to identify gaps in enforcement and compliance important to success in meeting Article 8 goals. This stakeholder assessment occurred through a stakeholder meeting of 55 stakeholders in Bangkok, Thailand in June 2016. Results The average of all assessment ratings by stakeholders on an ascending 0-3 scale had a mean score of 1.67, which means the level of implementation for Article 8 in Thailand was rated less than effective for enforcement. The assessment shows that the public understanding of smoke-free principles is also poor at a mean of 1.28, that there is incomplete effectiveness of smoke-free measures with a mean of 1.75, and only a general effectiveness that smoke-free protections are adequately covering most places with a mean of 1.98. More needs to be done to make all places compliant through enforcement efforts rated with a mean of only 1, and that more is necessary for protection from tobacco-smoke exposure in other public places and in private vehicles with mean ratings of 1.71 and 1.14. Conclusion This stakeholder approach using a three-tiered rating scale found that the implementation of Article 8 in Thailand is still lacking. With this approach, stakeholders identified critical issues needing improvement and informed changes in the then-proposed Tobacco Product Control Act which later was adopted in 2017.http://www.ijhpm.com/article_3503_39658ba6e88225eea3ed0301e2c88a57.pdfWHOFCTCArticle 8StakeholdersThailand |
| spellingShingle | Nipapun Kungskulniti Siriwan Pitayarangsarit Stephen Hamann Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand International Journal of Health Policy and Management WHO FCTC Article 8 Stakeholders Thailand |
| title | Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand |
| title_full | Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand |
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| title_short | Stakeholder’s Assessment of the Awareness and Effectiveness of Smoke-free Law in Thailand |
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