Health status of immigrant children and environmental survey of the child day care centers in Samutsakorn province, Thailand
Issued Date
2013
Resource Type
Language
eng
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Mahidol University
Suggested Citation
Surapol Sagnuankiat, สุรพล สงวนเกียรติ, Molee Wanichsuwan, Ekaporn Bhunnachet, Nahathai Jungarat, Kanitha Panraksa, Chalit Komalamisra, ชลิต โกมลมิศร์, Wanna Maipanich, วรรณา ไมพานิช, Tippayarat Yoonuan, ทิพยรัตน์ อยู่นวล, Somchit Pubampen, สมจิต ภู่บำเพ็ญ, Poom Adisakwattana, ภูมิ อดิศักดิ์วัฒนา, Dorn Watthanakulpanich, ดร วัฒนกุลพานิชย์ (2013). Health status of immigrant children and environmental survey of the child day care centers in Samutsakorn province, Thailand. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/63361
Title
Health status of immigrant children and environmental survey of the child day care centers in Samutsakorn province, Thailand
Author(s)
Surapol Sagnuankiat
สุรพล สงวนเกียรติ
Molee Wanichsuwan
Ekaporn Bhunnachet
Nahathai Jungarat
Kanitha Panraksa
Chalit Komalamisra
ชลิต โกมลมิศร์
Wanna Maipanich
วรรณา ไมพานิช
Tippayarat Yoonuan
ทิพยรัตน์ อยู่นวล
Somchit Pubampen
สมจิต ภู่บำเพ็ญ
Poom Adisakwattana
ภูมิ อดิศักดิ์วัฒนา
Dorn Watthanakulpanich
ดร วัฒนกุลพานิชย์
สุรพล สงวนเกียรติ
Molee Wanichsuwan
Ekaporn Bhunnachet
Nahathai Jungarat
Kanitha Panraksa
Chalit Komalamisra
ชลิต โกมลมิศร์
Wanna Maipanich
วรรณา ไมพานิช
Tippayarat Yoonuan
ทิพยรัตน์ อยู่นวล
Somchit Pubampen
สมจิต ภู่บำเพ็ญ
Poom Adisakwattana
ภูมิ อดิศักดิ์วัฒนา
Dorn Watthanakulpanich
ดร วัฒนกุลพานิชย์
Other Contributor(s)
Abstract
Samutsakorn Province is one of the popular provinces attracted by immigrant workers rushing to work
in the factories and Thai food industries particularly Myanmar natives. The poor hygiene of personal
behaviours, congested accommodation and limited sanitation lead to the health problems of the
immigrant workers due to various infectious diseases undertaken and looked after by the Samutsakorn general
hospital. The concern of intestinal parasitic infections on public health has been noted which can be spread
from the infected immigrant areas to the virginal areas through the close contact and fecal-oral transmission
of contaminated food and water. Our study was focused on total 372 immigrant children who resided in
8 child-daycare centers in terms of physical examination, stool examination, environmental examination
surrounded the centers. The results showed high prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections at 70.2%. which
was composed of both helminths and protozoa as follows: Trichuris trichiura (51.3%), Enterobius vermicularis
(25.2%), Ascaris lumbricoides (14.2%), hookworms (11.6%), Giardia lamblia (10.2%), Endolimax nana (3.5%),
Entamoeba coli (2.7%) and Blastocystis hominis (0.5%). The physical examination was un-remarkable except head
lice and nail examination were positive in some cases. The environmental survey showed numerous house
flies nearby the accommodation positive with some helminthic eggs such as A. lumbricoides, E. vermicularis,
hookworms, Taenia spp. and minute intestinal flukes. The main factor of high prevalence of intestinal
parasites has been hypothesized whether they were infected along with their parents during their daily lives
before and after settle down in Thailand. The problem of intestinal parasites in immigrant children is quite
epidemiologically impact as they can serve as the carriers to spread the diseases.
Description
Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2013: Towards global health: an Asian paradigm of Tropical Medicine 11-13 December 2013 Centara Grand Bangkok Convention Center at Central World, Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University; 2013. p.168.