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Publication Open Access Success counteracting tobacco company interference in Thailand: an example of FCTC implementation for low- and middle-income countries(2012) Naowarut Charoenca; Jeremiah Mock; Nipapun Kungskulniti; Sunida Preechawong; Nicholas Kojetin; Stephen L. Hamann; เนาวรัตน์ เจริญค้า; นิภาพรรณ กังสกุลนิติ; Nipapun Kungskulniti; Mahidol university. Faculty of Public Health. Department of Sanitary EngineeringTTC viewpoints and strategies, we also extracted information from internal tobacco industry documents. We synthesized these data and identified six core strategies TTCs use to interfere in tobacco control policymaking: (1) doing business with 'twoPublication Open Access Tourism threats to Coral Reef Resilience at Koh Sak, Pattaya Bay(2015-01) Phillips, Wayne N.; Mahidol University. Mahidol University International Collegeecological and spatial resilience and capacity to survive global climate change. To improve reef resilience, there needs to be a shift from exploitative business practices to a conservation-based industry that creates the infrastructure to ensure visitorsPublication Open Access Assessing governability of environmental protected areas in Phetchaburi and Prachuap Kirikhan, Thailand(2015) Suvaluck Satumanatpan; Ratana Chuenpagdee; Mahidol University. Faculty of Environment and Resource StudiesEnvironmental degradation continues in Thailand, despite the establishment of several environmental protected areas (EPAs) since their inception in 1992. EPAs aim to promote the conservation and sustainability of natural resources through decentralization and improving the participation of local governments and communities. Not all EPAs are successful, however. The purpose of this paper is to examine factors affecting the implementation of the EPAs program in Thailand, using the Phetchaburi and Prachuap Kirikhan EPA, in southern Thailand as a case study. Following the governability assessment framework, natural, social, and governing systems associated with the EPA were first described in terms of diversity, complexity, dynamics, and spatial and jurisdictional scale. Next, we examined the extent to which the EPA, as a participatory regulatory tool, corresponded with the natural and social systems it aimed to govern. The analysis reveals that the EPA did not function as effectively as it should be, even though the governing system was well structured to deal with complex coastal ecosystems in the area. The deficiency in the function of the EPA was due largely to poor sectoral coordination, weak financial commitments, and uncoordinated governing interactions. Based on these findings, we suggest that the EPA should be situated in a broader context of land and marine spatial planning and that it needs to be attuned to existing policies in a way that collaboration between agencies and policy integration is possible.Publication Open Access Vision based leadership: the answer to the fast changing retail industry in Thailand(2008) Sooksan Kantabutra; Mahidol University. College of ManagementLeaders are widely exhorted to espouse vision, but very little is known about how effective visions are characterized and realized. Extending previous research, the present study tests a proposed vision theory in Thai apparel retailers, taking into consideration effects from vision communication, organizational alignment and motivation of staff. Visions characterized by brevity, clarity, abstractness, challenge, future orientation, stability and desirability or ability to inspire are directly predictive of enhanced customer satisfaction and indirectly predictive of enhanced staff satisfaction. Such visions and their being communicated are directly predictive of increased motivating behavior among store managers, in turn positively affecting staff and customer satisfaction. Organizational alignment is indirectly predictive of enhanced staff and customer satisfaction.Publication Open Access The dementia and disability project in Thai elderly: rational, design, methodology and early results(2013) Vorapun Senanarong; Kamolthip Harnphadungkit; Niphon Poungvarin; Sathit Vannasaeng; Samut Chongwisal; Tipa Chakorn; Piyanuch Jamjumrus; Atthapon Raksthaput; Sinisa Chaichanettee; Nattapol Aoonkaew; Suthipol Udompunthurak; Doody, Rachelle S.; Cummings, Jeffrey L.; Mahidol University. Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.and to explore the relationship of cognition, disability, small vessel diseases and cortical degeneration with neuroimaging in Thai elderly people. 1998 Thai elders were screened in 2004–2006 and diagnosed as having MCI or dementia. 223 elders with MCIPublication Open Access Role of Lamjithang community forestry towards quality of life of the local people(2010-12) Bhagat Suberi; Sittipong Dilokwanich; Nathsuda Pumijumnong; Mahidol University. Faculty of Environment and Natural Resource StudiesThis study was conducted to find out the role of community forest for supporting the quality of life of the local people. The objectives of this study were to investigate pattern of use of forest and non-forest products from community forest supporting quality of life of local people and to analyze roles and responsibilities of the people in managing Lamjithang community forest at Rinchengang village. Total of 86 households were registered for the management and use of forest product. All 86 households were interviewed during the data collection, thus the method used was census. Questionnaires for household interview, checklist questions for key informant interview were developed. The data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics. It was found that pattern of use of timber products such as timber and poles were mainly used for construction and maintenance purpose. Out of 86 households, 60.5% used timber for construction and 38.8% used for maintenance work. In case of poles, almost equal number of households (50%) used for constructional and maintenance works. It was also found people used timber product from the government reserved forest because there are not enough matured trees for the constructional purpose at the moment. Households used non- timber product for consumption and sale if excess after domestic use. For non-timber product 79.1% of households collect firewood, 20.9% collect fern for domestic purpose and 2.3% sale, 41.2% use asparagus for domestic purpose and 3.5% sale and 74.4% use for domestic purpose and 8.1% sale and 30.2% collect bedding material for domestic purpose only. The products they sale was for the extra income for the household to support the quality of life. Besides income from non-timber forest product, people also generate income from agricultural activities and livestock rearing.Publication Open Access Factors associated with post-natal care utilization among mothers in Maldives(2015) Sheeza Ibrahim; Sariyamon Tiraphat; Seo ah Hong; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health Developmentutilization that categorized as whether they complete postnatal visit within 6 weeks after child birth or not. For data analysis, Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression were applied to evaluate factors associated with PNC. The study revealedPublication Open Access International health research monitoring: exploring a scientific and a cooperative approach using participatory action research.(2014-02-17) Chantler, Tracey; Cheah, Phaik Yeong; Miiro, George; Viriya Hantrakum; Nanvubya, Annet; Ayuo, Elizabeth; Kivaya, Esther; Kidola, Jeremiah; Kaleebu, Pontiano; Parker, Michael; Njuguna, Patricia; Ashley, Elizabeth; Guerin, Philippe J.; Lang, Trudie; Lang, Trudie; Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit.OBJECTIVES: To evaluate and determine the value of monitoring models developed by the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Research Unit and the East African Consortium for Clinical Research, consider how this can be measured and explore monitorsPublication Open Access Motivations and perceptions of community advisory boards in the ethics of medical research: the case of the Thai-Myanmar border.(2014-02-17) Maung, Lwin K.; Cheah, Phaik Yeong; Cheah, Phaik Kin; White, Nicholas J.; Day, Nicholas P.; Nosten, Francois; Parker, Michael; Parker, Michael; Mahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Mahidol Oxford Research Unit.; and, the provision of better health care. Despite these diverse and potentially competing claims made for the importance of community engagement, there is very little published evidence on effective models of engagement or their evaluation. METHODS: In this paper... in the border region. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Drawing on our analysis, we identify a number of considerations relevant to the development of an approach to evaluating community engagement in this complex research setting. The paper also identifies a rangePublication Open Access Efficacy of a church-based lifestyle intervention programme to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose in church members: a randomized controlled trial in Pretoria, South Africa(2014) Supa Pengpid; Peltzer, Karl; Skaal, Linda; Hendry Van der Heever; Mahidol University. ASEAN Institute for Health Development: This study proposes to evaluate the efficacy of a community (church)-based lifestyle intervention programme to control high normal blood pressure and/or high normal blood glucose in church members in a randomized controlled trial in Gauteng, South Africa