Thai Fathers' Involvement in Childcare During Early Childhood: A Mixed-Methods Study.

This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study investigates the factors influencing Thai fathers' involvement in early childhood Childcare. In the quantitative phase ( = 230), fathers' involvement in Childcare was assessed using a Childcare involvement scale to identify key contributing factors. The qualitative phase ( = 20) further elaborated on these quantitative findings through content analysis.

The effectiveness of the stroke sign by sticker: Enhancing stroke knowledge among village health volunteers in community care.

Background: Stroke is a global and Thai concern. Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) are vital in community healthcare but lack stroke knowledge. Prior efforts to improve their knowledge were ineffective.

Factors Affecting Hospital Provision of Health-Promoting Services Transferred to Provincial Administration in Thailand.

Following the transfer of hospital services to provincial government oversight, it is essential to understand how such changes impact service quality and efficiency. This study, conducted from 1 March 2023 to 31 March 2024 at sub-district health-promoting hospitals in Thailand, aims to identify the factors affecting hospital service quality post-transfer and evaluate the role of professional nurses in maintaining service standards under new governance. Utilizing a mixed-methods design based on the Global Fund-HSS framework (2012), which categorizes factors into accessibility, processes, productivity, and outcomes, we collected data from 340 nurses and 400 patients through structured questionnaires.

Impact of using a broad-based multi-institutional approach to build capacity for non-communicable disease research in Thailand.

Thailand's transition to high middle-income country status has been accompanied by demographic changes and associated shifts in the nation's public health challenges. These changes have necessitated a significant shift in public health focus from the treatment of infectious diseases to the more expensive and protracted management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in older adults.In 2010, in response to this shift in focus, the University of Michigan and colleagues at the Praboromarajchanok Institute for Health Workforce Development in Thailand began work on a broad-based multi-institutional programme for NCD research capacity-building in Thailand.