plueme/wizJson huggingface dataset:
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Risk Factors Associated with Newborn Birth Asphyxia Observed at Panomsarakham Hospital, Chachoengsao Province 
abstract:A case-control study was carried out in Panomsarakham Hospital, Chachoengsao Province  
 from October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2006 to determine the risk factors associated with birth  
 asphyxia. The study group comprised 107 women who delivered asphyxiated neonates (1-minute  
 Apgar score ≤ 7); the control groups comprised 107 mothers who delivered non-asphyxiated neo- 
 nates (1-minute Apgar score >7). The control group was selected by systematic sampling. The data  
 were analyzed by univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses, which revealed the following  
 significant risk factors prevalent for asphyxiated newborns: thick meconium-stained amniotic fluid  
 (OR 8.82; 95% CI: 1.35-57.45), drug-induced labor (OR 8.63; 95% CI: 2.80-26.63), vacuum  
 extraction (OR 4.66; 95% CI: 1.28-16.90), and dystocia (OR 4.43; 95% CI: 1.33-14.78). In  
 recognizing that the most common risk factors in birth asphyxia are antepartum and intrapartum  
 incidents, early recognition of these factors followed by prompt and appropriate management would  
 reduce the incidence of birth asphyxia. 
Key words: risk factors, birth asphyxi
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Health of Personnel after They Joined the _x000D_
 Good Health by Yourself Program in Thayang Hospital, Phetchaburi Province 
abstract:The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to evaluate the health status and risk  
 behavior of Tayang Hospital personnel who had earlier joined the Good Health by Yourself  
 Program. The selected sample population of 88 had a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m
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 /or blood cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dl. One pre and post test was carried out on a group in the period  
 from August 2006 to September 2007. The study group was kept for a three-day two-night session during which the staff members joined empowerment activities in the implementation of health  
 education and self-adapting behavior. Six months later, data were collected again and analyzed by  
 computer program to determine the percentage, means, standard deviation and paired t-test results.  
  The study revealed that, following implementation of the Good Health by Yourself Program,  
 related risks, namely systolic and diastolic blood pressure, blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels,  
 were significantly lower than at pretest (p< 0.05). However, waist circumference, BMI and fasting  
 blood sugar (FBS) were not different both pre- and post-Program implementation. This proved that  
 the Good Health by Yourself Program activities could help in lowering blood pressure, cholesterol  
 and related risks, and as a consequence, help to improve health. Therefore, the Good Health by  
 Yourself Program should be implemented in order to develop a caring process for populations at  
 risk as well as for other patients.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: The Accuracy of the World Health Organizationûs Criteria for Diagnosing Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, as Practiced at Nongbuadeang Hospital, Chaiyaphum Province: 2005 and 2007 
abstract:This descriptive research study was carried out with the aim of assessing the accuracy  
  of the World Health Organizationûs dengue hemorrhagic fever diagnostic criteria, as used in  
  Nongbuadeang Hospital in 2005 and 2007. The verification was conducted by investigating  
  52 blood samples in 2005 and 15 samples in 2007 based on virology (RNA-PCR) and  
  serology (ELISA).   
   It was found that the diagnoses of dengue fever (DF) and dengue shock syndrome  
  (DSS) by using the WHO diagnostic criteria were 100 percent confirmed throughout, while  
  the diagnosis of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) was 94.74 percent in 2005 and 95 percent  
  in 2007, as confirmed by virological investigation with RNA-PCR and ELISA in 47 cases  
  (90.38%) in 2005 and 13 cases (87.67%) in 2007.  
   Thus, this study indicated that the WHO diagnostic criteria for DHF yield highly  
  accurate results and make unnecessary any other means of confirming dengue viral infection.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Factors Related to Blood Pressure Controls in Patients with Hypertension of Thabsakae Hospital 
abstract:This descriptive research aimed at studying factors related to blood pressure  
  controls in patients with hypertension attending Thabsakae Hospital, Prachuap Kiri Khan  
  Province. The subjects comprised 340 patients with hypertension who continuously attended  
  the outpatient department of Thabsakae Hospital in the period October 1 to December 30,  
  2007. Simple random sampling was conducted by using an interview questionnaire. The  method for analyzing the data were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.  
  A chi-square test was employed to determine the factors associated with blood pressure  
  controls. 
       The factors were identified as age, sex, marital status, education, occupation,  
  income, knowledge about hypertension, self-care behavior, body mass index, period of  
  illness and presence of other co-morbidities, by compliant hypertensive patient care control  
  groups, that is, those with a blood pressure of less than 140/90 mm Hg (at least 3 SD),  
  and accepting those with a diastolic blood pressure of more than 140/90 mm Hg (only 1  
  SD); however, those with a diastolic blood pressure equal to or more than 92 mm  
  Hg were those considered as having high blood pressure that could not be controlled  
  (at least 5 SD), The research results show that occupation, self-care behavior and body  
  mass index were statistically significant with blood pressure controls in patients with  
  hypertension (p<0.05). This finding can be applied to plan and develop an appropriate  
  method for controlling blood pressure in patients with hypertension.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Development of an Instructional Handbook for the Health Education of Teenagers Concerning Contraception 
abstract:This research was aimed at the preparation of a health education handbook on contraception  
 for teenagers according to the standard criteria of a 90 percent effective index and a study of the  
 sampleûs opinions. The study population consisted of 40 students from Piboonrakpitaya School in the  
 second semester of the 2007 academic year. The experiment took two days to conduct. The  
 instruments used in this research were a handbook in the health education subject çcontraception for  
 teenagersé, a learning achievement test and questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed by  
 simple statistics, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.  
  The findings indicated that the health education handbook on contraception for teenagers was  
 at a good level (92 percent effectiveness, with an effectiveness index of 0.68). In the opinion of the  
 student subjects the effectiveness of the handbook was at a high level. Therefore, the handbook  
 would be appropriate for use in the health education program.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Attitudes of Healthcare Team and Patients toward Home Healthcare Service and Community Health Promotion in Implementation of a Sufficiency Economy 
abstract:The objectives of this empirical research were to survey the attitudes of
healthcare teams and health service recipients in Thailand with regard to home healthcare services and community health promotion as services in a sufficiency
economy. There were two groups of samples: health personnel who provided home
health care and the people who received home health care in four regions of
Thailand, i.e., the Northern, Northeastern, Central and Southern regions. Sixty health
personnel were purposively selected from one province in each region, making 240
subjects for the personnel team; 120 people were purposively selected from one
province in each region, making 480 subjects for the healthcare recipient group.
The results showed that 83.2 percent of the persons in the personnel team and
79.4 percent of the healthcare recipients thought that home health care was a
sufficiency economic service. While 55.8 percent of the health personnel were very
satisfied with home healthcare services in providing sufficiency economic services,
42.9 percent were moderately satisfied, and 1.3 percent were not satisfied; 71.5
percent of the people in the subject group had experienced highly satisfactory
services and 28.5 percent considered such services as moderately satisfactory.
In conclusion, both health personnel and health service recipients accepted that
home health care and community health promotion represented sufficiency economic
health services.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Effectiveness of the Self-care Health Promotion Program for the Elderly in Khamsakaesang District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province 
abstract:OPD reports from hospitals and health centers in Khamsakaesang District in 2007  
  showed that 52.78 percent of the outpatients were in the age group 60 years and older; of that  
  proportion of elderly patients, the cause of their seeking medical care in 62.53 percent of the  
  cases was improper self-care behavior. The objective of the present quasi-experimental research  
  study was to assess the effectiveness of the self-care health promotion program for the elderly.  
  The study samples were selected from the total database population numbering 5,252 persons.  
  Using multi-stage random sampling, 60 cases were identified for this study.  The descriptive  
  data were analyzed by the STATA program, version 10, to obtain percentages, means and  standard deviations; paired sample and independent sample t-tests, with statistical significance at  
  the 0.05 level, were used for the data analysis. The qualitative data were analyzed according to  
  the content of the questionnaire interviews on self-care behaviors for health promotion, together  
  with observations and personal discussions. The results showed increased statistically significant  
  behavior in the control groupûs test, i.e.,  the patientsû paired sample t-tests showed mean  
  differentials of 0.49 ± 0.05,  t = 48.00.  A comparison between the groups showed that the  
  control group acted more properly than the comparison group (t=40.32, p value 0.001).  
  Qualitative data showed that family lifestyles, and economic and traditional beliefs influenced  
  their behavioral change. The results of this study could be used to integrate and adapt care for  
  the elderly and other patient groups in primary care or clinic promotions. At least they could be  
  used to increase efficiency in protecting the elderly against untimely illness and from  
  developing complications from improper self-care behaviors.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Diabetes Mellitus Problem Solved by Health Volunteer Community 
abstract:Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease and a major health problem in Thailand. The objective 
 of this study was to develop a problem-solving model for diabetes mellitus in a community, in the  
 hope that it could reduce hemoglobinA1C and increase the quality of life of diabetes mellitus  
 patients. The diabetes mellitus problem-solving activity was operated in six villages of Ubonratana  
 District in Khoan Kaen Province. Fifty-two diabetes mellitus patients participated for six months in  
 the problem-solving activity, which was operated by health volunteers; it involved promoting exercise,  
 controlling diet and optimizing drug compliance. The problem-solving patterns were monthly  
 meetings, home visits and health education. The average hemoglobinA1C of the diabetes mellitus  
 patients was 9.9 percent, but after their participation it dropped to 8.7 percent. The quality-of-life  
 score (WHO QOL short form 26) was 88.7; it increased to 101.1 after the activity. The changes in  
 the average HbA1C and quality-of-life scores are statistically significant. The conclusion of this study  
 was that a diabetes mellitus problem-solving activity in a community may be able to reduce HbA1C  
 and increase the quality-of-life score.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: The Effectiveness of Health-care Services at Na Klang Hospital Primary Care Network, Nongbua Lamphu Province, Under the Universal Health Care Program 
abstract:The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of healthcare services of
doctors and nurses in the Primary Care Network of Na Klang Hospital, Nongbua Lamphu Province,
under the Universal Health Care Program (UC). The study was conducted as a quasi-experimental
research in the period August›December 2004. The experimental group consisted of 48 networked doctors and nurses working at the Na Klang Primary Care Unit (Na Klang PCU) and the control group consisted of 47 networked doctors and nurses working at the Sri Boon Reung Primary Care  
Unit (Sri Boon Reung PCU). Subjects in the experimental group received training using a problem based approach in order to improve their service effectiveness; there was no intervention for the control group. A questionnaire was used to gather general information, information on the health
promotion service, medical treatments, disease prevention, and rehabilitation. Data were gathered twice: pre and post experimental period and were analyzed using percentage, arithmetic mean,
standard deviation, and paired sample t-test. The results showed that, after the experimental period,
the Primary Care Unit networked doctors and nurses in the experimental group had higher
effectiveness in providing healthcare services, which was higher than that of the control group at a
statistically significant level. It was concluded that the advantage of this study includes the
application of the research results as a guideline in improving healthcare services, health promotion
service, medical treatments, disease prevention, and rehabilitation of the Na Klang Hospital
Network in order to make the services more effective.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2008 source: HSRI 
title: Care of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in a Community Hospital 
abstract:Community hospital care providers have the pivotal role in the care of people with dengue  
 hemorrhagic fever, and it is imperative that such care be improved. This short review describes the  
 following issues concerning dengue hemorrhagic fever management in a community hospital : the  
 goals and provision of care for dengue hemorrhagic fever, organization of care, and the education,  
 training and skill of the health-care team. It also describes the current situation of dengue  
 hemorrhagic fever management in community hospitals, both in Thailand and other countries, the  
 predictors of high-quality care, and the barriers to control of dengue hemorrhagic fever, while  
 suggesting indicators for auditing the quality of dengue hemorrhagic fever care and the strategies to  
 be utilized for improving dengue hemorrhagic fever management in a community hospital.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 1996 source: HSRI 
title: The Social and Health Problems of Construction Workers in the Northern Region 
abstract:The social and health related problems of construction workers in the northern regionThis study was a part of the research collaboration project of the same study conducted throughout the country, using the same research framework, format, and methodology.  Its aim was to acquire social and health-related information of construction workers.  It consisted of both quantitative and qualitative study.  This paper is a report of the quantitative study, using a cross-sectional survey to collect information on the social, environmental, and health-related problems of construction areas and the workers in the northern region.  The survey was conducted in Muang Chiangmai and Muang Pitsanulok Municipalities.  It included 40 small and large construction areas that employed more than 20 workers and were in the early stage of construction.  The contractors and the workers were interviewed.  The study showed that the mortality rate was about 1.17 per 1000 and injury rate was 8.9/1000/month.  Safety, sanitation, environment and living condition of the workers were poor.  Most of the workers were male, aged between 20 – 49, completed primary level of education, and were from agricultural background.  90% of them were from the northern region, and more than 50% resided in the same province as their workplace.  80% of the workers were married, 20% living separately from their children, and 10% had children with no opportunity for education.  The study also reported that 90% of the workers earned less than 5,000 Baht/month and most of them were satisfied with their job although their living condition was poor, including the employment status, the right and benefits, and the safety issues.  It was rare to see the workers gathering for the protection of their right and benefits.  There was also little support and supervision from government.No less than 25% had such serious illness that they had to stop working during the past year.  The major cause of illness was fever of unknown origin and influenza.  While on sick leave, only one-third of them received wages and support from employer.  Female workers were in worse condition than male, with lower wages, less career opportunity, and more family responsibilities.Recommendation for further studiesSet up guidelines for the protection and reduction of mortality and injury rateConduct a long term study of the family of the workersStudy an organization structure of workers that is suitable for employment status and working conditionStudy problems associated with alien workers and its effect to Thai workers
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2000 source: HSRI 
title: Health Promotion : Manual 
abstract:Health Promotion in the Support Services Department’s Personnel and their Families	The pilot project of health promotion for the military personnel in the Support Services Department and their families is aimed for altering health behavior, physical environment and social environment. The expectations are hoping them to have better health, delightful office work, warm families and peaceful community without temptation by letting the personnel and member of their families to take part in the activities as much as possible. There were 997 personnel and 1,227 member of their families took part in this program.	The research was assessed by comparing the variation in 3 target groups which are administrators, military personnel and medical staffs, whose in charge of looking after their health, by hold on interview and answer questionnaires collaborating with the activities for brain storming in searching problems and answers, including physical environment survey around their office and their living area.	After collecting data for 1 year, the project was succeeded according to the 18 steps plan. 3 target groups were identified as follows: the military personnel has better knowledge how to keep healthy e.g., smoking was reduced from 26.90% to 24.82%; health problem survey is improving e.g., excess BMI was reduced from 18.21% to 9.43%, high blood lipid was down  from 11.27% to 10.36%; the administrators decided to improve their welfare, accident prevention and alter policy, rules and orders  facilitating healthiness. The promising result from this research can be used as a guideline promoting health to a military personnel at any other Thai Armed Forces’ units.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2001 source: HSRI 
title: Health impact evaluation 
abstract:Health Impact EvaluationFast development of socio-economic environment was regarded as a promoting factor to environmental changes particularly air, water, soil pollution. This change had impact on life quality of Thais and huge expenditures for health care. For example, in 1998, economic value of life loss and injuries caused by road accidents was estimated at 100,000 million Baht. Overall, expenditure for health care represented about 6% of GDP.To reduce that loss, preventative measures and initial correction must be emphasised by all parties in our society. Health impact assessment (HIA) was a new measure to determine level of consequent impact on health. Development of the HIA system was considered important and should be stated in National Health Act.  Issues which should be available in the Act were health impact assessment or environment health impact assessment covering both acute and chronic diseases, injuries, crimes and society violence. The implementation of HIA should not be taken by sole party. Instead, working in alliance form or networking must be promoted with accountability and transparency. HIA was composed of two parts which were HIA under analysis of environment and risk management. Organisations responsible for HIA can be grouped into 3 types. The first group was the organisation responsible for determining policy, measures, standards, regulations and mechanisms for HIA. The second group was the organisations which were evaluated, involved in using information for making decision, the evaluators, trainers, responsible for accreditation, registration and monitoring standards. The third group was the organisations providing community information and performing research and development.Main issues for research and development in short term were as following:preparation for system development, education and human resource development should be firstly done,manual of risk management and health risk management should be developed,HIA under analysis of environmental impact should be strengthened.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2003 source: HSRI 
title: Effectiveness and appropriateness of the LEPTO-SCORE for decreasing severity of suspected leptpspirosis cases refered to Khon Kaen Hospital : a randomized-controlled field trial in a northeastern province of Thailand 
abstract:Effectiveness and appropriateness of the LEPTO-SCORE for decreasing severity of suspected leptospirosis cases referred to Khon Kaen Hospital: A randomized-controlled field trial in a northeastern province of Thailand	The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of LEPTO-SCORE for decreasing severity of suspected leptospirosis cases referred to treat at Khon Kaen Hospital. A stratified randomized-controlled field trial was conducted at 4 district hospitals in Khon Kaen province. The suspected leptospirosis patients admitted from July 2000 to February 2001 were included for study. The patients in intervention group who had LEPTO-SCORE of at least 8 on admission or of at least 10 at 12 hour apart was assigned to refer to Khon Kaen Hospital. The severity of referred patients were assessed by using Modified APACHE II score at Khon Kaen Hospital (score of < 10 was accounted to be an appropriate refer). In all, six hundred and eight patients were recruited, 241(39.6%) in intervention group and 367 (60.4%) in control group. Most patients were male (67.9%) with the mean age of 38 years and 86.7 percent were farmers. Twenty-nine patients were referred. The Modified APACHE II score of patients in intervention group (7.5 ( 3.6) was lower than that of control group (10 ( 5.3) without statistical difference (difference = 2.5, 95%CI: -1.9 to 6.4, p = 0.28). There was no significant difference of rate of appropriated refer between both groups (57% in intervention group, 50% in control group, p = 0.73). We concluded that the LEPTO-SCORE trended to be useful for decreasing severity of suspected leptospirosis cases referred to treat in tertiary care center and for development of proper referral system.