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    Why young male integrated drug users transition from non-injecting pattern to heroin injection in the contemporary thai drug context
    (Mahidol University, 2020) Donlachai Hawangchu; Lamy, Francois Rene
    Opioid use and misuse are understudied in Thailand despite evidence suggesting that a portion of young people are initiating opioids while another portion of young Thai male integrated drug users (YMID) is transitioning to heroin injection.... This study aims to answer why Thai YMID transition to heroin injection by capturing and analyzing the individual and social risk factors influencing these transitions. The interview guideline was inspired by the “Drug, Set and Setting” framework developed
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    Evidence for early fertility transition among the Hmong in northern Thailand
    (1990-01) Chai Podhisita; ชาย โพธิสิตา; Kunstadter, Peter; Kunstadter, Sally L.; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    Survey data indicate some evidence for an early stage of fertility transition among the Hmong, the second largest minority population in the hill areas of Northern Thailand. Despite their poor socioeconomic conditions and a low level of development... to be related to the increasing resource constraints resulting from sustained population growth over the past decades coupled with the enforcement of government regulations limiting the use of forest land for traditional swidden farming. These are combined
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    Population pharmacokinetic properties of artemisinin in healthy male Vietnamese volunteers
    (2016) Sofia Birgersson; Pham Van Toi; Nguyen Thanh Truong; Nguyen Thi Dung; Michael Ashton; Tran Tinh Hien; Angela Abelö; Joel Tarning; Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol‑Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
    with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections. The aim of this study was to characterize the population pharmacokinetic properties of artemisinin in healthy male Vietnamese volunteers after two different dose sizes, formulations and in a combination... to 12 h after dose in each period. Artemisinin was quantified in plasma using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. A nonlinear mixed-effects modelling approach was utilized to evaluate the population pharmacokinetic properties
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    Changes in the epidemiological transition in Thailand due to HIV/AIDS: implications for population and health policies
    (2003-01) Patchara Rumakom; Pramote Prasartkul; ปราโมทย์ ประสาทกุล; Guest, Philip; Varachai Thongthai; วรชัย ทองไทย; Sureeporn Punpuing; สุรีย์พร พันพึ่ง; มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล. สถาบันวิจัยประชากรและสังคม
    This study aims to estimate the impact of the re-emergence of tuberculosis and pneumonia on Thai mortality and explores how it challenges the epidemiological transition theory. The 1970 to 2000 national, annual age-sex death rates by cause of death... were calculated using Ministry of Public Health death registration data. The results indicated that death rates from infectious diseases in Thailand declined until 1986(4.5 per 1,000 population),only to start rising in 1987. There was a sharp increase
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    The relevance of longitudinal research for population and health
    (2008-01) Bencha Yoddumnern-Attig; เบญจา ยอดดำเนิน-แอตติกจ์; Guest, Philip; Varachai Thongthai; วรชัย ทองไทย; Sureeporn Punpuing; สุรีย์พร พันพึ่ง; Chanya Sethaput; จรรยา เศรษฐบุตร; Aree Jampaklay; อารี จำปากลาย; Rossarin Gray; รศรินทร์ เกรย์; Yupin Vorasiriamorn; ยุพิน วรสิริอมร; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    by globalization, population trends and epidemiological transitions force researchers to better understand and grasp the nature and processes of change associated with social and behavioral dynamics. This paper synthesizes the ways in which longitudinal research... has been a valuable tool for analyzing changing trends in population and health and the causal factors contributing to these changes, with special attention to its use in the Asia and Pacific Region. The discussion centers on three main aspects
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    Rural-urban Migration and Sexual Initiation of Never-married Young Adults from Kanchanaburi, Thailand
    (2014-01) Dusita Phuengsamran; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; Guest, Philip; Vanlandingham, Mark; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines whether migration has an effect on young adults’ transition to becoming sexually experienced, using longitudinal data from the Migration and Health Project in Kanchanaburi, Thailand from 2005 and 2007. Survival analysis was used
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    The place of fertility intentions: analysis of subsequent childbearing behavior among married Thai women
    (2008-01) Hongxia Zhang; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; อภิชาติ จำรัสฤทธิรงค์; Iqbal Shah; Aree Jampaklay; อารี จำปากลาย; Boonlert Leoprapai; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    This study examines the relationship between fertility intentions and subsequent childbearing using event history analysis (EHA). All married women who were born during 1955 to 1985 were followed from July 2001 to August 2004. Their pregnancy histories were recorded on a monthly basis during this period using Laing’s Calendar. A total of 1,912 women were included in the event history analysis. The results suggest that fertility intention and socio-demographic characteristics can predict subsequent fertility behavior. Intention to have additional children shortens the time until the subsequent birth occurred. About one fourth of the women took approximately two years from intention to have a child. It is also indicated that subsequent childbearing is more likely to occur among the women who are younger, who married late, who have fewer living children, and who are non-Thai. The analysis indicates that it is challenging to facilitate fertility intentions and thus more effort is needed to do so.
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    Blood pressure in adult rural INDEPTH population in Asia
    (2009) Hoang, Van Minh; Kusol Soonthornthada; Ng, Nawi; Juvekar, Sanjay; Razzaque, Abdur; Ashraf, Ali Ashraf; Ahmed, Syed Masud; Tran, Huu Bich; Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem
    Introduction: High blood pressure (BP) is a well-known major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and is a leading contributor to cardiovascular mortality and morbidity worldwide. Reliable population-based BP data from low middle income countries... are sparse. Objective: This paper reports BP distributions among adults in nine rural populations in five Asian countries and examines the association between high BP and associated risk factors, including gender, age, education, and body mass index. Methods
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    การวัดการย้ายถิ่นภายในประเทศ
    (2003-01) อุทัยทิพย์ รักจรรยาบรรณ; มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล. สถาบันวิจัยประชากรและสังคม
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    The Giving Behavior of Households in Thailand
    (2014-01) Manasigan Kanchanachitra; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
    , while the number of children in the household reduces giving activities in all categories. The current demographic transition means that household characteristics in Thailand are changing, which can lead to future changes in giving patterns. Efforts