plueme/wizJson huggingface dataset:
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 1998 source: HSRI 
title: TB in some population groups in Thailand : 62 articles reviewed during 1968 to 1998 
abstract:TB in some population groups in Thailand : 62 articles reviewed during 1958 to 1998TB has already communicated in community once a TB patient found. Then, number of TB patients is an indicator of TB communication in a community and shows a public burden to control TB infection. According to the review, children living with TB patient who is a family member, are at high risk to infection while those who are health personnel are more prone to get infected than other walks-of-life. Likewise, prisoners are at risk and male prisoners are riskier than female prisoners. Women are less likely to infect than men. Quality of information system which should be accessible and linked to relevant organisations, is recommended in addition to network building for monitoring and evaluation.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2000 source: HSRI 
title: Health Promotion in the Support Services Department's Personel and their Families 
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: 1998 source: HSRI 
title: Study and index development for risk behaviour of sex in high school and technical colledge students in Nakornrajasrima 
abstract:Study and Development of Indicators for Evaluating Risk Behaviour of Sexual Intercourse in High School and Technical College Students in Nakornrachasema ProvinceThe study objectives were to develop techniques of how to find risk behaviour indicators of sexual intercourse in high school and technical college students in Nakornrachasema. The technique which was used in this study was literature review in addition to organising brain storming meeting in order to determine the indicators. The study was grouped into 2 parts, 1) studying in high school and technical college students to find risk indicators by interviewing 1314 students sampled by multi-stage technique, 2) interviewing 12 school administrators to assess their interests in using the indicators.The study showed that 1 in 5 high school students and 46.7% of technical college students had had sexual intercourse while in female students, 10.5% of technical college students, 2.9% of high school students in Muang district and 3% of high school students in other districts had done so. Factors which were related to risk behaviour in male group, were drinking, independent living from their family, family income, age and inappropriate attitude for example having sex with their friends not risking AIDS infection. Sensitive indicators which were positive to high risk, were drinking, their living conditions, being technical college students, attitudes and family income.The results from interviewing educational administrators were some of them considered this issue as important whereas they were more interested in drug and learning problems. They expressed concern over independent living, less taken care by their family and lots of entertaining places where students were easily led to risk life behaviour. Most of them agreed with the use of indicators but felt hesitate to collect data by themselves. The study recommended that;the results of this study should be presented to all involved to promote issue awareness and process of exchanging views,high risk group which was the technical college students should be first targeted,process of data collection should be developed.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 1999 source: HSRI 
title: Development of Indicators for the Achievement of consumer protection on health products according to the Eighth National Socio-economic Development Plan 
abstract:Development of indicators for the achievement of consumer protection on health products according to the eight National Socio-economic Development planThe objectives of this research were to develop reliable and valid set of indicators measuring the effectiveness and fairness of the health consumer protection activities as well      as to develop tools to evaluate the practicality and of the designed indicators prior to their application. This activity is in accordance with the Eighth National Socio-economic      Development Plan (1997-2001) on the Consumer Protection on Health Products. Sets of indicators were developed and subject to test of their validity and reliability in the field. Thus, the working group set the guideline of theoretical indicators. Suggestions from the chief of health consumer protection and pharmacy all aver the country of 76 provincial health offices regarding the indicators via questionnaire were made, after that brainstorming the stakeholders in health consumer protection and carried out empirical indicator. Then setting the questionnaire to test validity and reliability by health officers and health volunteer groups in twelve districts, of four regions and retest by consumer groups in Anything province. Effectiveness and fairness were the two areas of the seven sets of indicators which had been found. The reliability was between 0.6784 and 0.9754. The effectiveness indicators had four sets; skill to know how to consume (11 items), known how to develop themselves (8items), quality of products (8 items) and proper distribution of products (10 items). The fairness indicators had three sets; fair price (8 items), equality (10 items) and product liability (3 items). Tools for measuring were questionnaires, survey and data  collection from.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2001 source: HSRI 
title: The scoping of health impact assessment of the eastern seaboard development program : a case study of Mab Ta Put Industrial Estates and their vicinities 
abstract:The Scoping of Health Impact Assessment of the Eastern Seaboard Development Program:A Case Study of Mab Ta Put Industrial Estates and their VicinitiesMr. Decharut SukkumnoedFaculty of Economics, Kasetsart University						decharut@hsrint.hsri.or.th	The Eastern Seaboard Development Program is the most obvious case showing “the Two Sides of the Coin” from Thai development experiences. On one hand, this development program is the most successful story of industrialization program in this country. On the other hand, it is also the most visible example of terrible environmental and health impacts in Thailand development experiences. The HIA from the Eastern Seaboard Development program aims to gain more experiences and knowledge on health impact assessment, as well as, to find the better ways in protecting and promoting local people’s health.	The WHO’s health and environment cause-effect framework has been applied to this study. According to this model, the industrial development is the driving force causing hazardous chemical uses and pollution in this area. The increasing in chemical uses and pollution becomes the pressure for local environmental quality. The air pollution and related health impacts, chemical accident, illegal hazardous waste dumping and chemical contamination in water resources and food web have been the most serious environmental problems in this area. The three epidemiological studies during 1997 to 2000 show the association between the exposure to air pollution and acute health impacts, especially in respiratory and central nervous systems. 	The state of socio-economic factors and social supports in these local communities has also been degraded. The changes in economic, social, and demographic structure cause local people to live with higher uncertainty, both in economic and social senses. The rate of out-patient per population in mental disorders, in this area, has been significantly increased, from slightly lower than regional and national average in the past to almost three times higher than regional and national average at present. The situation has become more serious after Thailand economic crisis in 1997.	The WHO’s health and environment cause-effect framework can be applied as a hypothetical model for assessing health impacts. To understand the complexity of health impacts, the combination and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative analyses are highly recommended. As a participatory learning process, it is also very important to ensure meaningful public participation within HIA process, specifically, by avoiding technical barriers.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2002 source: HSRI 
title: The effectiveness of structural shared care for patients with epilepsy in Nakhonratchasima province 
abstract:The effectiveness of Structural Shared Care for patients with epilepsyin Nakhonratchasima ProvinceThis study aims to evaluate outcomes of treatment in terms of patient with seizure free and with regular follow-up between the conventional care and shared care with specialist's advice given to GP and letter reminder given to the patientsMaterial and Method: The study was conducted between June 1999 and September 2001. Two community hospitals were chosen: one for control and the other for intervention group. Before the beginning of the study, guideline of management for GP was created between GP and specialist. All patients with informed consent were treated and asked to fill data in the registration and follow-up form. All the data was sent to the investigator to register and audit the treatment only for intervention group. Advice (if any) would be sent to the GP and the patients would be received the letter reminder for the next coming schedule appointment. After one-year study, all data recorded in the forms and in the OPD card would be gathered for analysis with SPSS version 8. Some information not presented both in the forms and the OPD card would ask to the patients by letter. Results: The number of patients in control group and intervention group was 45 and 55, respectively. All each patient's characteristics between two groups was not different but patient's age, number of mentally retard patients and type of seizure (p-value < 0.05, 0.05 and 0.01, respectively). At the beginning of the study, patients with seizure free in the previous 3 month in control group were 46.7% (21 cases) and 56.4 % (31 cases) in intervention group. After the study, this figure has an increase to 72.7 in intervention group and 60% in control group. For follow-up analysis, the factors which might influence patient’s regular follow-up were not different between two groups including Univariate and Multivariate Analysis (Cox proportional hazards regression). There was no statistical difference in an average of the duration of follow-up (mean in control group = 9.61 months; in intervention group = 10.31 months) and in the proportion of patients with regular follow-up (64.4% in control and 67.3% in intervention) (p-value = 0.87 and 0.86, respectively). However, for survival analysis, no difference in proportion of patient with regular follow-up between two groups (p = 0.46, Log rank statistic).   Limitation and suggestion: Too small samples and few interventions might be the reason for no difference between two groups. The system should be corrected as a whole.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2002 source: HSRI 
title: Development of rehabilitation services for stroke patients at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital 
abstract:The study aimed to develop a new rehabilitation service system for stroke patients at Maharaj Hospital, Nakorn Ratchasima Province. The situation analysis showed some pitfalls of the existing system. For instances: there were underserved for occupational therapy services; the routine services and information given were not responsive to clients’ needs, in terms of supporting their self-concept; inadequate system to follow up discharged patients; and the increasing need for home rehabilitation service because of the inconvenience of client transportation. Participatory action research (PAR) was applied to work out among other related service providers or stakeholders to identify an alternative system. Those were physicians, physiotherapists and community nurses. Duration of the study was during The modified service was described as follows; The rehabilitation services would cover physical therapy and occupational therapy for every consulted case, even though it was not mentioned by physician. The essential rehabilitation guidelines had been set up to fit with Isan context. The follow up system was set up, and had to correspond with physician appointment date. Making linkages with community nurses to provide rehabilitation home care. Setting up the record and report systems for continuity of care between hospital and home care. Recommendations from this study were that this system should be applied for patients with other chronic conditions, such as paralysis or cerebral palsies, to whom rehabilitation services were needed. However, implementation of the recommended system should take personnel existing workloads for granted.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2005 source: HSRI 
title: Computerized information system in hospital and quality of care 
abstract:Information system of most hospitals in Thailand have increasingly been computerized mainly to improve administrative works without adequate concerns about quality of care. This study aims to explore major issues related with the use of computerized information system in hospital and quality of care. There were 4 phases: literature review, hospital survey, stakeholder analysis, as well as in-depth analysis of some famous systems. It was found that information system in at least 80% of the hospitals, especially private and large public hospitals were already computerized. Report production for various health insurance systems was the major reason. At least 44 different systems were available in Thailand without appropriate and effective information exchange mechanism both nationally and locally. IT-related investments by hospitals were found to be quite large despite the lack of evidence to prove their return. In addition, many problems including IT-related clinical risks were not efficiently taken care of. Nationally, the most important problem was hospital readiness, especially the inadequacy and poor competency of IT-related healthcare personnel. Moreover, the inefficiency of cooperation among central organizations forced most hospitals to solve major problems with their limited resource and comprehension.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2002 source: HSRI 
title: Empowerment process of subdistrict administrative committee at Kantuaj Ramual subdistrict Pasart Surin province 
abstract:The objective of this study is to empower subdistrict administrative committee (SAC). The concept of empowerment is interpreted as ability to solve community problems. Through the process of participatory action research (PAR), the researchers worked with the studied SAC to develop 5-year subdistrict plan on which community participation was emphasized. AIC (Appreciation, Influence and Control) and FSC (Future Search Conference) concepts were applied. Additionally, case study analysis method and study visits were conducted. Qualitative data collection techniques and were used content analysis was used in data analysis. The study period was during January – August 2001.	The result showed that by using participation concept the SAC could be empowered which was assessed by improvement of their ability in; understanding their problems and needs, causes of such problems, problem solving skill, analysis skill and self determination. Consequently, they developed positive self – esteem, self and other- acceptance and self –confidence. Case study method, dialogue, and field study facilitated the SAC to broaden their vision as well as to realize the necessary of data. Most of all, they became aware of listening to people, getting people to participate in solving community problems led to better understanding of their roles and functions. Recommendations are made in two folds. Firstly, this empowerment process goes in line with the national health care reform policy. It helps those who are involved to be reoriented about broader concept of health, holistic view of approaching community problems and community competence. Such orientation requires changing roles of health personnel working with community. The new roles should concentrate on facilitator concept, resource coordinator. Health personnel should work with and learn from community rather than imposing. However, clear guidelines to bring policy into practice as well as changing budgeting policy are needed. Secondly, it is aware that here is no one empowerment process to fit all situations. Such process is highly context-bound. Furthermore, this process needs them and continuity of activity. Suggestion for further study is on application of PAR to be implemented in monitoring the subdistrict plan.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2001 source: HSRI 
title: Community health fund and its administration : roles and alternatives for development 
abstract:Development and administration of community health fund were studied to explore factors and conditions which were involved in its administration. A number of major issues were;changes and development of circumstances at micro and macro level, thoughts, definitions and administrative system of community,strengths of health fund particularly financial viability,community health activities andlinkages of health funds to health benefits and development of other community activities.	Comparison of 6 community funds was used in this study. Three regions in which the sampled community funds were located were the central, the North-eastern and the Southern region. Data were collected from existing Thai and international document and research, surveying socio-economic status of communities, interviewing key persons, discussing in group and participating community activities if opportunity available. Data were grouped into three levels, individual, family and group / community. The results showed certain differences and similarities in sampled communities, which were predisposed by community circumstances, development and goals of community funds.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2003 source: HSRI 
title: The evaluation on radiation therapy service system comparing with  need and access to care of cancer patients in Thailand, Fiscal year 2002 
abstract:Radiation therapy, an essential treatment for cancer, has been concerned over the recent years due to its enormous investment in both high technology medical devices and various specialists.  Anecdotal observation found inappropriate distribution of radiation therapy resources across the country which led to inefficient use of health care resources and possibly under-standard treatment in some radiation therapy units (RTUs).  A lack of evidence-based planning on health care services is supposed to be the major cause.  Thus, this study aims to demonstrate the current situation of radiation therapy comparing with expressed health needs and access to radiation therapy services of cancer patients.  This will bring about the policy recommendations on how to invest and distribute health care resources according to health needs.  The goal of this study is to improve efficiency of health resource utilization and equitable access to health services by using radiation therapy as the case study. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed in this research.  A census of 25 RTUs and 72 radiation therapists were conducted.  Cancer patients and some radiation therapists were interviewed by using semi-structured questionnaires.  Moreover, document and content analysis were also used.The results reveal that lacking of human resources, both radiation therapists and medical physicists, are more serious problems of the MOPH radiation therapy services than the shortage of radiation therapy devices.  The finding illustrates that no radiation therapy unit of MOPH passes the minimal standard amount of radiation therapists, whilst only 20% of them passes the minimal standard amount of medical physicists.  Moreover, access to radiation therapy services are inequitable among cancer patients.  Cancer patients in remote provinces tend to have poorer access to health care than those in RTUs neighboring provinces.  Factors influencing not access to radiation therapy services are physical barriers, and financial barriers in terms of medical care costs and transportation expenditure.  For socio-economic status, most cancer patients are the elderly and poor without doing any jobs.  Quality improvement on radiation therapy services as well as adequate vital human resources (radiation therapists and medical physicists) are urgent issues which the MOPH has to solve.  In the long run, the national plan of radiation therapy system which determines the amount, proportion and distribution of principle, advanced, and excellent radiation therapy centers have to be made.  For improving access to care, the improvement of health insurance coverage and the provisions of financial support for transportation are  better policy than investment in the new radiation therapy units.