plueme/wizJson huggingface dataset:
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: The Performance of Village Health Volunteers in the Midst of Change 
abstract:The purposes of this review article were to determine situation changes affecting performance of
village health volunteers. The data were collected by reviewing documents and related research and then
synthesized data in accordance with the objectives. The results showed that from the past to the present,
there are many changes, from policy, finance, social and information technology. These changes affected
the performance of village health volunteers and community health. Managing community health problem,
governments could not manage alone. They needed participation of public sector, especially village
health volunteers who were the mainspring of the public sector because they have lived in the community
and known the background of their area, therefore, they have received the trust of the community. The
recommendations concerning increasing operational effectiveness of the village health volunteers included
the following: promoting income generation, strengthening information technology skills, and building
up the coordinator or community mentoring role.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Graduation Rates of the Doctor of Medicine Program of Khon Kaen University 
abstract:The purpose of this study is to identify graduation rates of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program of
Khon Kaen University during the academic year 1973-2012, with total number of 5,598 students from 40
admission classes. There were 3,966 alumni from 34 graduated classes. The information was collected
from the Registrar Office, Student Development Unit, and School Alumni Database, using percentage for
data analysis. The M.D. program responded to the policy of the Human Resources for Health Committee,
the admissions of students (classes# 1-40) were under two core projects: 1) Normal Project (including the
extra quota admissions), and 2) Mega Project for producing medical practitioners (the Collaborative Project to Increase Production of Rural Doctor or CPIRD and the One District One Doctor or ODOD), at 81% (or
4,545 persons), and 19% (or 1,053 persons), respectively. The graduation rate of MD program from 34
classes, was 95.71% (3,796 persons). The on-time graduation rate was 84.06% (3,191 persons); while delayed
graduation rate was 15.75% (598 persons). Under the Normal Project, the graduation rate was 95.81%
(or 3,434 persons), of which on-time graduation was 83.49% (or 2,867 persons). Under the Mega Project
(CPIRD and ODOD), the graduation was 94.76% (362 persons), of which on-time graduation was 89.50%
(324 persons). The graduation rate under the Direct Admission group was 96.09% (or 2039 persons). Additionally,
the graduation rate of Central Admission group was 95.74% (1,348 persons), the CPIRD 1 with a
maximum rate of 96.55% (196 persons), the CPIRD 2 93.25% (152 persons), and the ODOD 87.5% (14
persons). When studied on graduation rate in every 10 years, Phase 1: Year 1st - 10th (1973-1982), the
Normal Project admitted 584 students with graduation rate of 93.87% (or 551 persons), and on-time graduation
rate of 82.94% (or 457 persons). Phase 2: Year 11th - 20th, the Normal Project and CPIRD 1 admitted
1,284 students with graduation rate of 95.87% (or 1,231 persons), and on-time graduation rate of 78.15%
(or 962 persons). Phase 3: Year 21rd - 32nd, the Normal Project and CPIRD 1, admitted 1,571 students with
graduation rate of 96.69% (or 1,519 persons), and on-time graduation rate of 87.29% (or 1,326 persons).
Phase 4: Year 33rd - 40th, only 2 classes, i.e. Class# 33 - 34 (538 students) wer e graduated at a rate of 94.42%
(or 508 persons), and on-time graduation rate of 90.75% (or 461 persons). The academic achievements of
Direct Admission and Central Admission, under Normal Project, were relatively similar and the CPIRD 1
reached maximum academic achievement.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Health Professionals in Pakdiechumphol District, Chaiyaphum Province 
abstract:Moving out from the area of health workforce affects staff shortages. Job satisfaction is the key factor
in the decision to remain or move. Satisfaction analysis will lead to a plan to tackle in the future. This
research aimed to identify the factors that were associated with job satisfaction and satisfaction level. The
instrument was a questionnaire of motivation, morale and satisfaction in their work. All health personnel
included health professional, supporting staff and employees. A questionnaire was filled out by hand.
Data collection was completed in June 2013 with response rate of 52.4%. The research found that most health personnel were satisfied with the work at a moderate level (31.4% satisfied at quartile 2). Quantile
regression showed that working relationships with colleagues and administrators had significant effect
on satisfaction of personnel who were satisfied at a moderate level (coeff. = 3.00; 95% CI: 0.33, 5.67). Life
balance had significant effect on those who had a high level of satisfaction (coeff. = 3.00; 95% CI: 1.60,
4.40), while advancement opportunities significantly influenced satisfaction at all levels. The researcher
proposed that the support of health worker should take into account the different levels of customer
satisfaction through organizational development, behaviors and shared value formation, including proper
appointment and special compensation.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Situation, Gaps and Opportunities of Alcohol Marketing and Advertising Control in Thailand 
abstract:Alcohol marketing and advertising are critical factors influencing youth’s attitude toward alcohol
consumption and consequently heavy drinking and related problems. This study describes situation on,
gaps of, and opportunities for alcohol marketing and advertising control in Thailand. The study analyzed
two issues: the policy or measure on alcohol marketing and advertising, and the body of knowledge on
alcohol marketing and advertising in Thailand. The documentary review of regulations on alcohol marketing
and advertising control in Thailand found that the current laws could partially control the marketing
and advertising of alcohol. There were technical problems in interpreting the laws. Furthermore, regulators
and the public lacked of understanding the laws. Additionally, alcohol marketing and advertising
strategies had been developed every time which led to needs of knowledge to understand the new situations.
Finally, there had been no study in Thailand in particular a longitudinal study to examine effects of
marketing and advertising on alcohol consumption. Therefore, the development of knowledge together
with improvement of the laws is urgently needed to effectively control alcohol marketing and advertising
in Thailand.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Relationship between Health Literacy and Quality of the Elderly’s Life at the Central Part of the North-East Thailand 
abstract:When getting old, health usually becomes decelerating. Generally, it is believed that health literacy
could replenish the elderly to good quality of life; hence the research tried to prove this belief. This study
is a descriptive research comprising two objectives. Firstly, it aimed to investigate the level of the elderly’s
health literacy according to the ABCDE behavioral campaign by the Ministry of Public Health (A: Alcohol
abandon, B: Baccy, no tobacco smoking, C: Coping with emotion, D: Diet consumption, and E: Exercise).
Secondly, the research examined the relationship between health literacy and the quality of life of the
elderly in the Central Region of the Northeast. The research was done with 600 elderly living in Roi-et,
Khon Kaen, Mahasarakham and Kalasin. The data were collected by interviewing conducted during January
to March, 2015 and were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s
correlation coefficient. The results revealed that the overall level of the elderly health literacy according to
the campaign was low but the quality of life of the elderly was high. The relationship between health
literacy and quality of life of the elderly was positive (r=0.305, p<0.01). From the findings, the researcher
suggested that there should urgently be wider assessment of the elderly health literacy at both individual
and community levels in order to know the real health status of the elderly. The result of the wider assessment
will be useful for creating qualified strategic plan appropriate to the situation of the elderly increase
in the future. The strategic plan in the future should focus on urgent needs in developing the elderly’s
skills such as; information access, communication, and media literacy.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: A Systematic Review: Factors Related to Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Service Utilization 
abstract:Incidence of death and long-term disability of emergency patients could be reduced with prehospital
emergency medical service (EMS) utilization. Current reports indicated that emergency medical
services were used only 3.1 percent of cases in Thailand. This reflected that a review of causes related to
the use of pre-hospital EMS was urgently required. This research was then conducted to promote the EMS
utilization. After the review, 38 articles were found related to the topic, and the contents of 31 articles were
relatively relevant and credible with evidence-based data after verifying with rigorous methodology. Then all of the 31 articles were utilized in the process of content analysis. The findings indicated that
EMS utilization via 1669 hotline and others were related with various factors including population, socioeconomic
of the service users or relatives such as gender, age, education, marital status, income, and
vehicle ownership.
The important factors included attitude towards EMS, EMS past experience, social support, perception
on obstacles in using EMS, access to information, knowledge on urgent symptoms of EMS use, and
self-confidence on using pre-hospital EMS system. These findings may be used to develop further
research for promoting appropriate EMS utilization in Thailand.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Evaluation of Financial Management for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention under the Universal Health Coverage: From Design to Implementation 
abstract:This study focuses on four parts of health promotion and disease prevention budget under the Universal
Health Coverage, including budget for solving specific health problems in the area or provinces,
benefit packages, community health promotion and budget for promoting, monitoring and evaluating the program. Therefore, the objectives of the study are to evaluate the allocation in terms of sufficiency
and budget implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluating process in healthcare facilities during
2014-2015. Two provincial case studies were selected and retrospective method was employed by reviewing
related primary and secondary data. In-depth interviews of healthcare executives and focus group
discussions with healthcare practitioners were conducted. The results showed a number of challenges
due to the dynamic budget allocation that could lead to difficulties in budget management. Also, it was
unable to explain whether budget in each area was sufficient due to no separated budget for P&P. Furthermore,
lay people might not be aware that they were entitled to receive personal benefits from the Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention Fund. Most healthcare facilities did not portray evidence-based manner
to carry out and create activities regarding monitoring and evaluation program effectiveness. Therefore,
the National Health Security Office should estimate the budget to meet the requirement and strengthen
public relations to increase service utilization, and also set up mechanisms to verify accuracy of data in
order to plan the service provision. For health facilities, the P&P budget should be explicitly separated
and evidence-based academic should be used to support the implementation.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: An Analysis of Medical Care Charge for the Outpatient of Migrant Workers at Khao Chakan District, Sa Kaeo Province in the Fiscal Year of 2014 - 2015 
abstract:Thailand has a large number of the migrant laborers working both legally and illegally. In 2014 the
government set a strong policy to officially register migrant workers for providing health insurance. This
research aims to analyze the costs of medical care and health services of the registered migrant workers at
Khao Chakan District, Sa Kaeo Province. This was a descriptive study using secondary data from the
accounting and finance on HOSxP database of the hospital and JHCIS database of Subdistrict Health
Promoting Hospitals in fiscal 2014 and 2015.
The results showed that there were 54 registered migrant workers receiving 90 health care services visits in the fiscal year 2014. In 2015, the number of registered migrant workers increased to 983 people
receiving 596 health care services. The total cost of outpatient in fiscal 2014 and 2015 was 22,588 baht and
145,482.92 baht. The average cost per visit was 250.98 ± 352.18 and 244.10 ± 301.82 baht. The average cost
per registered person was 418.30 baht and 148.00 baht respectively. The percentages of people who turned up for services to the total registered workers were 38.9% and 25.5% respectively. The total revenue of the outpatient from health insurance card for migrant workers in fiscal 2015 was 642.40 baht per person per year.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Projection of Hospital Pharmacist Workforce in Thailand for 20 Years (2015-2035) 
abstract:Projection of pharmacist workforce is essential information for planning and allocating pharmacist
workforce. Hospital pharmacists accounted for the highest proportion of the pharmacist workforce in
Thailand. This study was aimed to project hospital pharmacist workforce for the next 20 years (2015-2035)
by using needs assessment models. The projection of hospital pharmacist based on two techniques: time
series and regression analysis by using 3 factors: male and female ratio, elderly age greater than 60 year
old ratio and gross provincial product (GPP). According to time series forecasting and regression analysis,
the maximum extent of FTE requirement for hospital pharmacist in 2035 based on sensitivity analysis was
123,405 (87,227-159,584) and 111,454 (79,543-143,365), respectively. While the minimum number of FTE
requirement was 69,723 and 50,502, respectively. This study showed that the shortage of hospital pharmacist
is an issue of concern that requires an effective planning to secure the future of hospital pharmacist
workforce. However, other factors might affect the results of this study such as continuing pharmaceutical
education (CPE), new technology etc.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Readiness and Decision of Community Pharmacy Preceptors in Providing Services with the National Health Security Office 
abstract:Roles of community pharmacy are changing to extend cooperating services with the National Health
Security Office (NHSO). Its change could be a strategic policy to support patient service continuity. Objectives
of this study were to evaluate the readiness and decision of community pharmacy preceptors to coservice
with the NHSO, and to investigate factors affecting the co-service decision. Samples were 408
community pharmacies that provided experiential education to pharmacy students of 17 pharmacy faculties
across the country. This was a cross-sectional survey study design. A self-developed questionnaire
was administered during May-August, 2014. The survey questionnaire was validated by six experts, and
the reliability was tested with Cronbach’s alpha > 0.7. The survey response rate was 46.1% (n = 188).
Almost half (49.4%) of respondents were owners and practitioners as community pharmacists. Three highest
services provided in community pharmacy preceptors were 1) medication therapy management (MTM)
for individual patients (64.5%), 2) diseases screening and monitoring (60.1%), and 3) smoking cessation
counseling (58.0%). The two criteria that community pharmacy preceptors gave scores lower than 50% of
minimum requirements were: 1) accessing to data of health service units in the area, and 2) capacity of
prescription evaluation and patient referral system. Regarding the readiness of NHSO co-services participation,
the community pharmacy preceptors gave high scores on both quality and willingness to participate.
Significantly positive relationships with a decision to participate were found in service system (B =
0.248, p<0.05) and management towards customer’s need (B=0.214, p<0.05). All community pharmacy
preceptors for Year-6 Pharm.D. students should be supported to be in the accreditation program. This will
strengthen the readiness to co-service with the NSHO and be one quality assurance for pharmacy education
in experiential practices.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Perspective of Pharmacist’s Abilities in Palliative Care according to Multidisciplinary Team’s Expectation 
abstract:This study was an exploratory survey, divided in two phases. The first phase explored the
multidisciplinary team’s expectation on pharmacists’ role and characteristic during palliative care, by
purposively selecting two palliative care teams for interviews and content analysis. The second phase
surveyed pharmacist’s perspective on palliative care to pharmacists who worked in tertiary hospitals, as
against the roles and characteristics obtained from the first phase. Self-administered questionnaires were
distributed to 858 pharmacists using stratified random sampling technique. The data was analyzed with
software by using descriptive statistics. From the interview data, it was found that the main role of pharmacist
to the team was general pharmaceutical care and pain management and the important characteristics
the team needed from the pharmacist were good working attitude and the team work. The data from
questionnaires showed that the ability of pharmacist in palliative care, according to the team’s expectation
was assessed at high level. When considering the individual care, the pharmacists thought they had
very high level of caring ability in physical, and then in the field of social care. For the mental and spiritual
fields they thought they had the ability at moderate level. By the role in team, the pharmacists thought
that they had pharmaceutical care ability at the highest level. Next lower levels were the using of specific
medicine and palliative care and the lowest level was the mental and spiritual care.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: การวัดปริมาณน้ำตาลบนอัลบูมินเพื่อติดตามภาวะเบาหวาน ปีที่ 2 
abstract:Measuring of blood sugar and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels is a standard protocol for screening and monitoring of diabetes mellitus progression. However, blood sugar level is depending on food uptake before taking the measurement and HbA1c life cycle is somehow too tong to be monitored in severe cases. In addition, in condition effecting red blood cell structure or hemoglobin production (hemolytic anemia, thalassemia and thalassemia carrier (40-50%)), HbA1c level is not unrealizable. Therefore, measurementof glycated albumin, which is intermediated indicator outside red blood cell, could improve the way to control diabetes progression and treatment in all populations. The research program “Albumin glycation for diabetes mellitus monitoring” is focusing on development of aptasensor platform for detection of glycated albumin. Three platforms have been developed, which are graphene oxide-aptamer, electrochemical and nanopore sensors. In summary, we successfully developed graphene oxide aptamer and electrochemical platform to detect albumin, glycated albumin and percentage of glycated albumin in clinical samples. Both sensitivity and specificity of our graphene oxide-aptamer platform are higher than those of the commercial available (ELISA). Therefore, our platform has a potential for technology transfer and commercialization.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2017 source: HSRI 
title: Mental health gap and related economic burden: a longitudinal community survey 
abstract:Objectives: To 1) examine the prevalence of common and high-burden mental illnesses in the community, including depressive disorders, psychotic symptoms and alcohol and substance use disorders; 2) investigate social factors associated with mental disorders; and 3) describe what proportions of mentally ill individuals had limited or no access to services and associated barriers. Methods: Mixed method, including cross-sectional community survey and qualitative designs, was employed. The cross-sectional survey sampled without replacement residents aged 18 or over living in households within the Municipalities of Kukot and Lumsamkaew of Prathumthni Province. Face-to-face interviews were conducted by trained interviewers using the World Mental Health – Composite International Diagnostic Interview version 3.0 (WMH-CIDI 3.0) – Thai version, divided into 2 parts. The first part elicited diagnoses based on DSM-IV criteria. The second consisted of questions on sociodemographic background, history of service use, health coverage and earnings. The qualitative component consisted of in-depth interviews with mental health professionals about barriers to care and proposed solutions. Results: A total of 5,698 households in the selected municipalities were approached. The response rate was 69.1% (N=3,940). There were 3,877 interviews completed for analysis. Psychological distress had a one-year prevalence of 6.5%, psychotic symptoms 0.8%, alcohol use disorders 0.9% and substance use disorders 0.3%. Socio-economic status (measured by the Household Asset Index) was not associated with mental illness. Only 4.1% of those who reported having had mental illness in the past year had sought advice or treatment in the same period. Having mental problems in the past year was significantly associated with reduced or no earnings. A history of mental illness, with no current or recent active symptoms, was not significantly associated with reduced or no earnings.  Conclusions: The prevalence rates of mental illnesses in Prathumthani Province were similar to those reported in the recent mental health survey in Bangkok. The figures were also comparable to those reported in many East Asian countries, but relatively low compared with those found in Western countries. Reducing treatment gap in mental health care is likely to substantially ease economic burden because, if well-treated, mentally ill people can get back to work and earn incomes. Certain measures such as improving mental health literacy and developing alternative care models may help narrow the gap in accessing mental health care.
location: nan, 'Thailand 
year: 2016 source: HSRI 
title: การปรับสภาพแวดล้อมที่อยู่อาศัย สู่การมีสุขภาวะที่ดีของคนพิการและผู้สูงอายุ 
abstract:สถาบันวิจัยระบบสาธารณสุข