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Autor:
Benjawan Tawatsupa, Lynette L-Y. Lim, Tord Kjellstrom, Sam-ang Seubsman, Adrian Sleigh, The Thai Cohort Study teama
Publikováno v:
Global Health Action, Vol 3, Iss 0, Pp 1-10 (2010)
Background: Occupational heat stress is a well-known problem, particularly in tropical countries, affecting workers, health and well-being. There are very few recent studies that have reported on the effect of heat stress on mental health, or overall
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/25e17e4be14847ef9ce2e91d6242e2ec
Autor:
Adrian Sleigh, Lyndall Strazdins, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Matthew Kelly, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Sam-ang Seubsman
Publikováno v:
Health Promotion International
This paper investigates associations between hazardous jobs, mental health and wellbeing among Thai adults. In 2005, 87 134 distance-learning students from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University completed a self-administered questionnaire; at the 200
Publikováno v:
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 22:42-49
Background and aims Waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), being common proxy measures of abdominal obesity, are useful tools in epidemiologic studies, but little is known about their validity when the in
Autor:
Adrian Sleigh, Suwanee Khamman, Sam-ang Seubsman, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Lynette L. Y. Lim
Publikováno v:
Journal of Health Psychology
We report associations between social capital and health among 82,482 adults in a national cohort of Open University students residing throughout Thailand.After adjusting for covariates, poor self-assessed health was positively associated with low so
Autor:
Adrian Sleigh, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Gordon A. Carmichael, Sam-ang Seubsman, Lynette L. Y. Lim
Publikováno v:
Health & Place
This study analyses urban and rural health service use before and after the introduction of the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS). Using data from the Thai national health surveys of 2001 and 2005, the study utilises age–sex adjusted concentration in
Autor:
Sam-ang Seubsman, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Adrian Sleigh, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Gordon A. Carmichael
Publikováno v:
Health Policy and Planning
Thailand implemented a Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) of national health insurance in April 2001 to finance equitable access to health care. This paper compares inequalities in health service use before and after the UCS, and analyses the trend and
Autor:
Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Adrian Sleigh, Cha-aim Pachanee, Sam-ang Seubsman, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Chris Bain
Publikováno v:
Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 23:544-554
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking among students in an open university in Thailand and to describe smoking patterns in relation to the personal and social characteristics of the sample. A self-administered questionnaire
Autor:
Matthew Kelly, Adrian Sleigh, Chris Bain, Nintita Sripaiboonkit, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Cathy Banwell, Sam-ang Seubsman
Publikováno v:
Journal of Epidemiology
Background: As obesity increases, middle-income countries are undergoing a health-risk transition. We examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and emerging obesity in Thailand, and ascertain if an inverse relationship between SES an
Autor:
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Sam-ang Seubsman, Gordon A. Carmichael, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Adrian Sleigh
Publikováno v:
Annals of Epidemiology
Purpose In middle-income countries, interest in the study of inequalities in health has focused on aggregate types of health outcomes, like rates of mortality. This work moves beyond such measures to focus on disease-specific health outcomes with the
Autor:
Adrian Sleigh, Lynette L. Y. Lim, Chris Bain, Duangkae Vilainerun, Nintita Sripaiboonkij, Emily Banks, Susan J. Jordan, Sam-ang Seubsman
Publikováno v:
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Breast cancer incidence may be increasing in Thailand but very little research has assessed core breast cancer risk factors in this country. We used baseline questionnaire data from a national cohort study of Thai Open University students in an explo