Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of migrants in Tak province on major communicable diseases prevention and their access to health services in 2003 and 2006.

Abstract       

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of migrants in Tak province on

major communicable diseases prevention and  their access to

health services in 2003 and 2006.

Phichet Banyati*,

Kittipat Iumrod*

*Tak provincial Health Office, Tak

                        The International Organization for Migrants (IOM)

project has been implemented in Tak province since 2003 with

the objectives of providing health education upon major

communicable diseases prevention to migrants and increasing

their access to health services.  This study aims to assess the

knowledge, attitude, and practice of migrants upon major

communicable diseases prevention and their access to health

services pre and post the implementation of IOM project. The

data were collected in 2003 and in 2006 from 816 migrants who

were living in Tak province by using structured questionnaires.

Percentage, standard deviation, Chi-Square test, Fisher’s exact

test, and Mann-Whitney U test have been employed to analyze

both pre and post data.

                        The finding reveals that IOM project helped improve knowledge, attitude, and practice of migrants concerning major communicable diseases prevention, and thus contributing to an increase in their access to health services. As the percentage of migrants accessed to women and children health was not different, the future IOM project needs to address optimal methods to tackle this challenge.

 Key words: Migrants, Health services accessibility, Boarder health

Note : See full paper in Journal of 12th Regional Public Health Science, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand