Development and Synthesis of an Information System on Physical Nutritional Status in Early Childhood: A Network of Early Childhood Development Centers in Lampang Province Development and Synthesis of an Information System on Physical Nutritional Status in Early Childhood: A Network of Early Childhood Development Centers in Lampang Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research are as follows: 1) to study the context of physical and nutritional status in early childhood within the network of Early Childhood Development Centers in Lampang Province, 2) to develop an information system on the physical and nutritional status of early childhood within the network of Early Childhood Development Centers in Lampang Province and 3) to evaluate the satisfaction level towards the information system among the target group of the Early Childhood Development Center network in Lampang Province. The research will utilize an information system on physical and nutritional status in early childhood and a satisfaction assessment questionnaire as research tools. The statistical measures used for the research include the mean and standard deviation.

The research findings are as follows: 1) From the study of the contextual factors of the nutritional status, weight, and height of early childhood in the network of early childhood development centers in Lampang Province, it was found that there were a total of 100 centers and 30 centers provided complete data entry. 2) In developing the information system on the nutritional status of early childhood in the network of early childhood development centers in Lampang Province, it consisted of three components: 2.1) Data input section, which includes basic child information. 2.2) Data improvement section. 2.3) Report generation section. Moreover, 3) The overall satisfaction with the information system was rated very high (mean = 4.55, SD = 0.49).