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    The effects of informal communication on vasectomy practice in rural areas of Thailand
    (1987) Amara Soonthorndhada; Mahidol University. Institute for Population and Social Research
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    Couple communication on family planning in Vietnam
    (Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 1996) Le, Thi Phuong Mai; Varachai Thongthai; Kritaya Archavanitkul
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    Factors influencing Filipino couples' desired family size and contraceptive use in the Philippines
    (Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2006) Jaime, Jeanette G.; Kusol Soonthorndhada
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    The effect of information education and communication activities on modern contraceptive use and intention to use among married women in Cambodia
    (Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center, 2003) Chea, Sovann; Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem
    The objective of this study is to assess the effect of activities in information, education, and communication on contraceptive use and intention to use them among married women in Cambodia. The two separate sample groups are derived from the 2000... Cambodian Demographic and Health Survey, in which 15,351 women aged 15-49 were interviewed. Bivariate analysis was conducted to find the relationship of socio-demographic characteristics and activities in information, education, and communication
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    Challenges and obstacles of mother-daughter sexual communication among Thai rural communities: An exploratory study
    (2021-05-01) Wilaporn Teppasom; Kanittha Chamroonsawasdi; Sutham Nunthamongkolchai; Wirin Kittipichai; Punyarat Lapvongwatana; Mahidol University
    knowledge and lack communication skills. Most mothers never talked about safe sex, birth control, and condom use in the family. They thought their daughters were too young to learn about safe sex. They were afraid that it might guide their daughters to have... with their parents. Daughters still never talk about safe sex, birth control, and condom use with their mothers. Furthermore, the content of sex education in the family was based on maternal experiences. Most of the teaching and learning patterns of sex education
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    Parent-teen communication about sex in urban thai families
    (2012-04-01) Orratai Rhucharoenpornpanich; Aphichat Chamratrithirong; Warunee Fongkaew; Brenda A. Miller; Pamela K. Cupp; Michael J. Rosati; Hilary F. Byrnes; Katharine A. Atwood; Warunee Chookhare; Mahidol University; Chiang Mai University; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; CSN and Associates Co. Ltd.
    showed that parents were most likely to talk with their teens about body changes and dating; however, less discussion about sex-related issues, birth control, and HIV/AIDS occurred. More daughters than sons reported frequent discussions with their parents...This study describes sexual communication among Thai parents and their teens and identifies variables related to communication about sex in urban Thai families. Data were derived from 420 families whose teenage children ages 13-14 years were
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    Economic analysis for evidence-based policy-making on a national immunization program: A case of rotavirus vaccine in Thailand
    (2012) Charung Muangchana; Arthorn Riewpaiboonb; Suchada Jiamsiri; Piyanit Thamapornpilas; Porpit Warinsatian; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease Control. National Vaccine Institute; Mahidol University. Faculty of Pharmacy. Division of Social and Administrative Pharmacy; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease Control. Bureau of Epidemiology; Ministry of Public Health. Department of Disease Control. Bureau of General Communicable Disease
    evaluation, employing modeling technique in both provider and societal perspectives. A birth cohort of Thai children in 2009 was used in the analysis, with a 5-year time horizon. Costs were composed of cost of the illness and the vaccination program. Outcomes
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    Intersectoral collaboration and action in dengue vector control in Asia based on an eco-bio-social perspective
    (2021-01-01) Pattamaporn Kittayapong; Mahidol University, Center of Excellence for Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases; Mahidol University
    for integrated vector management and innovative vector birth control. Based on the Asian experience, achieving intersectoral collaboration mainly involved the following key factors: (1) financial or technical support from within and outside participating sectors...Complexity in the emergence of vector-borne diseases involves several components in the ecobio-social perspective. This makes it difficult for vector-borne disease control to be based solely on one organisation working on vector reduction. Dengue
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    Transforming health in Nepal: a historical and contemporary review on disease burden, health system challenges, and innovations
    (2025-12-01) Mishra S.R.; Ghimire K.; Khanal V.; Aryal D.; Shrestha B.; Khanal P.; Yadav S.; Sharma V.; Khatri R.; Schwarz D.; Adhikari B.; Mishra S.R.; Mahidol University
    birth attendance and family planning. Stunting rates fell from 66% (1996) to 25% (2022), yet rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose new challenges. Communicable diseases, once dominant, have declined owing to expanded immunization and tuberculosis..., nutritional health and reduction of infectious diseases have been observed in recent decades. The maternal mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 55% (1996–2016), and neonatal mortality halved (40 to 20 per 1000 live births) due to improved antenatal care, skilled
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    National and regional estimates of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age in 138 low-income and middle-income countries in 2010
    (2013-09-01) Anne C.C. Lee; Joanne Katz; Hannah Blencowe; Simon Cousens; Naoko Kozuki; Joshua P. Vogel; Linda Adair; Abdullah H. Baqui; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Laura E. Caulfield; Parul Christian; Siân E. Clarke; Majid Ezzati; Wafaie Fawzi; Rogelio Gonzalez; Lieven Huybregts; Simon Kariuki; Patrick Kolsteren; John Lusingu; Tanya Marchant; Mario Merialdi; Aroonsri Mongkolchati; Luke C. Mullany; James Ndirangu; Marie Louise Newell; Jyh Kae Nien; David Osrin; Dominique Roberfroid; Heather E. Rosen; Ayesha Sania; Mariangela F. Silveira; James Tielsch; Anjana Vaidya; Barbara A. Willey; Joy E. Lawn; Robert E. Black; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Brigham and Women's Hospital; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Western Australia; Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; The Aga Khan University; Imperial College London; Harvard School of Public Health; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Universiteit Gent; Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kenya; National Institute Medical Research; Mahidol University; University of KwaZulu-Natal; UCL Institute of Child Health; Universidad de los Andes, Santiago; Universidade Federal de Pelotas; George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services; Save the Children USA
    Background: National estimates for the numbers of babies born small for gestational age and the comorbidity with preterm birth are unavailable. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of term and preterm babies born small for gestational age (term-SGA.... Data from 22 birth cohort studies (14 low-income and middle-income countries) and from the WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health (23 countries) were used to model the prevalence of term-SGA births. Prevalence of preterm-SGA infants