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      Balancing Reproductive and Productive Responsibilities: Childcare Strategies Implemented by Migrant Mothers in the Thailand–Myanmar Border Region 

      Wight, Lisa; Oo, Nway Nway; Mhote, Naw Pue Pue; Trongsakul, Supaporn; Purkey, Eva; Bartels, Susan A.; Aldersey, Heather M.; Davison, Colleen M. (2021-12-17)

      Background: In Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, conflicts between ethnic minorities, the government, and the military have been ongoing for decades. Enduring unrest has caused thousands to flee to the region around Mae Sot, a city on Thailand’s western border. Women around the world assume a combination of reproductive and productive responsibilities, and during situations of armed conflict and displacement, conditions for women often worsen. This study investigated the parenting experiences of female migrants from Myanmar living in protracted ...
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      Can mHealth and eHealth improve management of diabetes and hypertension in a hard-to-reach population? —lessons learned from a process evaluation of digital health to support a peer educator model in Cambodia using the RE-AIM framework 

      Steinman, Lesley; Pelt, Maurits van; Hen, Heang; Chhea, Chhorvann; Lan, Channe Suy; Te, Vannarath; LoGerfo, James; Fitzpatrick, Annette L. (2020-10-05)

      Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where NCDs cause 4:5 deaths, disproportionately affect poorer populations, and carry a large economic burden. Digital interventions can improve NCD management for these hard-to-reach populations with inadequate health systems and high cell-phone coverage; however, there is limited research on whether digital health is reaching this potential. We conducted a process evaluation to understand challenges and successes from a digital ...
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      Emotional intelligence, leadership, and work teams: A hybrid literature review 

      Coronado-Maldonado, Isabel; Benítez-Márquez, María-Dolores (2023-09-20)

      Emotional intelligence (EI) has been widely researched in different fields of knowledge. This paper reviews the literature on emotional intelligence, leadership, and teams in 104 peer-reviewed articles and reviews provided by the Web of Science and Scopus databases from 1998 to 2022. It is a hybrid or mixed review as it uses both quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. The aims of this study are a performance analysis of the selected documents (years of publication, country, sectors, techniques used, most cited authors, authors with ...
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      Equity of Social Health Insurance Coverage for Migrants in Thailand: A Concentration Index Analysis 

      Piancharoen, Peeraya; Kosiyaporn, Hathairat; Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong (2021-12-22)

      Thailand is attempting to implement an effective health insurance scheme to cover all migrant workers in the country. One of the remarkable policies is the Social Security Scheme (SSS). This study aims to assess the equity of SSS coverage among migrant workers in Thailand, sorted by types of businesses (agriculture, services and industrial sectors) and Gross Provincial Product (GPP) per capita. A secondary data analysis on time series cross-sectional data was employed. The dataset comprised: (1) the number of migrant insurees under the SSS; (2) ...
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      Health financing policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for universal health care: a case study of 15 countries 

      Foo, Chuan De; Verma, Monica; Tan, Si Ying; Hamer, Jess; Mark, Nina van der; Pholpark, Aungsumalee; Hanvoravongchai, Piya; Cheh, Paul Li Jen; Marthias, Tiara; Mahendradhata, Yodi; Putri, Likke Prawidya; Hafidz, Firdaus; Giang, Kim Bao; Khuc, Thi Hong Hanh; Minh, Hoang Van; Wu, Shishi; Caamal-Olvera, Cinthya G; Orive, Gorka; Wang, Hong; Nachuk, Stefan; Lim, Jeremy; Cruz, Valeria de Oliveira; Yates, Rob; Legido-Quigley, Helena (2023-12)

      Background: The COVID-19 pandemic was a health emergency requiring rapid fiscal resource mobilisation to support national responses. The use of effective health financing mechanisms and policies, or lack thereof, affected the impact of the pandemic on the population, particularly vulnerable groups and individuals. We provide an overview and illustrative examples of health financing policies adopted in 15 countries during the pandemic, develop a framework for resilient health financing, and use this pandemic to argue a case to move towards ...
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      Improving mental health literacy using web- or app-based interventions: A scoping review 

      Tian, Lidan; Wong, Eliza Laiyi; Dong, Dong; Cheung, Annie Wailing; Chan, Sherry Kit-wa; Cao, Yuan; Mok, Phoenix K.H.; Zhou, Lingming; Xu, Richard Huan (2024-04-05)

      Background: Given the rapid advancement in technology, the Internet has grown to play a significant role in the field of healthcare. Individuals can now access a profusion of easily available materials for self-management of their health. The purpose of this review is to describe Web/App-based interventions that are primarily or secondarily designed to improve mental health literacy (MHL) and to investigate the effectiveness of online interventions for improving mental health. Materials and Method: A scoping review was conducted by searching ...
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      International Trade Agreements and Impact on the Medicine System: Causal Relations? 

      Akaleephan, Chutima; Kittitrakul, Chalermsak; Kessomboon, Nusaraporn; Kijtiwatchakul, Kannikar; Eksaengsri, Achara; Limpananont, Jiraporn (2020-01-27)

      This article comprehensively reviews and analyses knowledge and information relating to international trade agreements and their implications during the past 17 years, both within and external to Thailand. To reveal the implications and impact systematically, the conceptual framework for analysis was drafted and the implications were mapped along the medicine value chain. The mapping shows cross-link of the implications and took concerns of health sectors. Focusing on medicines, despite of positive impact, international trade agreements have had ...
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      Lessons from 20 Years of Capacity Building for Health Systems Thinking 

      Reich, Michael R.; Yazbeck, Abdo S.; Berman, Peter; Bitran, Ricardo; Bossert, Thomas; Escobar, Maria-Luisa; Hsiao, William C.; Johansen, Anne S.; Samaha, Hadia; Shaw, Paul; Yip, Winnie (2016-05-20)

      In 2016, the Flagship Program for improving health systems performance and equity, a partnership for leadership development between the World Bank and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and other institutions, celebrates 20 years of achievement. Set up at a time when development assistance for health was growing exponentially, the Flagship Program sought to bring systems thinking to efforts at health sector strengthening and reform. Capacity-building and knowledge transfer mechanisms are relatively easy to begin but hard to sustain, ...
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      Lessons from India and Thailand for Cambodia's Future Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement for Pharmaceutical Patents 

      Kittitrakul, Chalermsak; Tenni, Brigitte; Lexchin, Joel; Phin, Sovath; Gleeson, Deborah (2023-03-07)

      Cambodia is expected to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status in the near future, at which time it will be required to make patents available for pharmaceutical products and processes to meet its obligations under the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Given its impending transition from LDC status, there is a need to balance Cambodia's intellectual property (IP) policies and regulations with public health priorities to ensure access to affordable life‐saving medicines. This will be critical ...
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      One Health Surveillance Highlights Circulation of Viruses with Zoonotic Potential in Bats, Pigs, and Humans in Viet Nam. 

      Latinne, Alice; Nga, Nguyen Thi Thanh; Long, Nguyen Van; Ngoc, Pham Thi Bich; Thuy, Hoang Bich; PREDICT Consortium; Long, Nguyen Van; Long, Pham Thanh; Phuong, Nguyen Thanh; Quang, Le Tin Vinh; Tung, Nguyen; Nam, Vu Sinh; Duoc, Vu Trong; Thinh, Nguyen Duc; Schoepp, Randal; Ricks, Keersten; Inui, Ken; Padungtod, Pawin; Johnson, Christine K.; Mazet, Jonna A. K.; Walzer, Chris; Olson, Sarah H.; Fine, Amanda E. (2023-03-20)

      A One Health cross-sectoral surveillance approach was implemented to screen biological samples from bats, pigs, and humans at high-risk interfaces for zoonotic viral spillover for five viral families with zoonotic potential in Viet Nam. Over 1600 animal and human samples from bat guano harvesting sites, natural bat roosts, and pig farming operations were tested for coronaviruses (CoVs), paramyxoviruses, influenza viruses, filoviruses and flaviviruses using consensus PCR assays. Human samples were also tested using immunoassays to detect antibodies ...
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      Perceived Barriers of Accessing Healthcare among Migrant Workers in Thailand during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Qualitative Study 

      Uansri, Sonvanee; Kunpeuk, Watinee; Julchoo, Sataporn; Sinam, Pigunkaew; Phaiyarom, Mathudara; Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong (2023-05-10)

      The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has threatened health and well-being in all populations. This impact is also deepening structural inequalities for migrant workers in Thailand. Due to their vulnerability and limited opportunity to access health services, they have greater risks in many health aspects compared to other populations. This qualitative study sought to examine the key health concerns and barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare access among migrant workers in Thailand through the lens of policymakers, ...
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      Prevalence and socio-demographic determinants of depression among inmates of a prison in Malaysia 

      Rao, Gunenthira Rao Subba; Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah; Shahar, Hayati Kadir; Mukhtar, Firdaus; Anusuyah (2019-07-30)

      Depression is the most common form of mental disorder among prison inmates. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and socio-demographic determinants of depression among adult male inmates in a local prison in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 460 inmates who were systematically selected. Depression was screened using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Chi-square tests and multiple logistic regression were applied to determine the association between depression and associated ...
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      Risk Communication Distributed among Migrant Workers during the COVID-19 Crisis in Thailand: Analysis on Structural and Networking Gaps 

      Kosiyaporn, Hathairat; Julchoo, Sataporn; Papwijitsil, Ratchadaporn; Uansri, Sonvanee; Phaiyarom, Mathudara; Sinam, Pigunkaew; Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong (2022-10-12)

      Language and cultural barriers among migrant workers hamper access to health risk information. This study aims to explore health risk communication structure and processes and identify the communication network of migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. This study used a parallel mixed-methods design combined with in-depth interviews and questionnaires for social network analysis from November 2020 to June 2021 in the headquarter district of Samut Sakhon, Ranong, and Phuket provinces. We conducted purposive sampling of representatives ...