Structural Equation Model for Female Youth Drinking Prevention in Region Public Health Region 3, Nakhon Sawan Province - รูปแบบการวิเคราะหส์มการโครงสร้างการป้องกันการดื่มเครือ่งดื่มแอลกอฮอล์ในวัยรุ่นหญิงเขตสุขภาพที่ 3

The objective of this research was to develop the model for the prevention of alcohol drinking in female youth in the Public Health Region 3. Data of mixed method were collected by focus group discussion and questionnaire in qualitative and quantitative research, respectively. The sample size was 16 participants by purposive sampling and 235 samples by multi-stage random selection in female youth age between 15-24 years of age in Public Health Region 3, respectively, between 23 May 2016 and 30 April 2017. The descriptive analysis and structural equation model were applied to evaluate the hypothesis. The results showed that the characteristic of most samples were 18 years of the average age, high school level, 20,842.25 bath per month of the average family’s income. Perceived barriers, family support and information perception were the strongest association with Elements of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal and Context and Environment Behavior a statistically significant difference at 0.001, respectively. Structural Equation Model for Female Youth Drinking Prevention in Public Health Region 3 was composed of Elements of Intrapersonal Behavior that be associated with Context and Environment Behavior. Additionally, the Structural Equation Model could explain female youth drinking prevention by 37.00 percent statistically significant at 0.001 level. Policy makers are needed to verify the elements from these results in order to prevent female youth from drinking alcohol. Key words: drinking, female youth, prevention, structural equation