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International Trade Agreements and Impact on the Medicine System: Causal Relations?
(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 ...
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
(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 ...
Migrant Women’s Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Malaysia: A Qualitative Study
(2020-07-26)
Abstract
Providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services to migrant workers is key to fulfilling sustainable developmental goals. This study aims to explore key informants’ views on the provision of SRH services ...
Strengthening the migrant-friendliness of Thai health services through interpretation and cultural mediation: a system analysis
(2020-12-08)
Background:
In addition to healthcare entitlements, ‘migrant-friendly health services’ in Thailand include interpretation and cultural mediation services which aim to reduce language and cultural barriers between health ...
Developing an evidence assessment framework and appraising the academic literature on migrant health in Malaysia: a scoping review
(2020-12-09)
Background: A large number of international migrants in Malaysia face challenges in obtaining good health, the extent of which is still relatively unknown. This study aims to map the existing academic literature on migrant ...
Moving towards culturally competent health systems for migrants? Applying systems thinking in a qualitative study in Malaysia and Thailand
(2020-04-06)
Cultural competency describes interventions that aim to improve accessibility and effectiveness of health services for people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Interventions include interpreter services, migrant peer ...
Healthcare for migrant workers in destination countries: a comparative qualitative study of China and Malaysia
(2020-11-09)
Objectives: This paper explores policies addressing migrant worker’s health and barriers to healthcare access in two middle-income, destination countries in Asia with cross-border migration to Yunnan province, China and ...
Barriers and facilitators to neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours in rural Cambodia: a qualitative study
(2020-05-19)
Objectives: Neonatal mortality remains persistently high in low-income and middle-income countries. In Cambodia, there is a paucity of data on the perception of neonatal health and care-seeking behaviours at the community ...
Perceptions and management of postpartum haemorrhage among remote communities in Lao PDR
(2020-01-10)
Introduction: In Lao People’s Democratic Republic, despite a policy to provide free maternal health services in healthcare facilities, many rural women continue to deliver at home, without a skilled birth attendant. These ...
Knowledge of and attitudes towards abortion among adolescents in Lao PDR
(2020-08-03)
Rationale:
Adolescent pregnancy in Lao PDR is the highest in Southeast Asia. It leads to negative health and social consequences in young people. It is anticipated that this problem is partly caused by limited sexual ...