The effect of squad leader mentors through short message services for mobile phones in promoting safe sex among first (central) army area conscripts of Thailand.

Background: Conscripts are a vulnerable population group for HIV infection. Their serostatus has been monitored in Thailand as part of the national sentinel surveillance since 1997. Given the nature of the military environment, an innovative program is needed to promote safe sex to reduce the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV.

Prevalence of chronic diseases risk factors among persons attending six administrative courses in the Army Training Command area in 2006.

Background: The chronic diseases prevalence tends to increase worldwide and the risk factors are identified and reduced.

Objective: To survey the prevalence of chronic diseases risk factors among persons attending 6 administrative courses in the Army Training Command area in 2006 and compare with results of the former study.

Material And Method: All persons attending the 6 courses were asked to answer the questionnaires.

Roles of the Royal Thai Army Medical Department in supporting the country to fight against HIV/AIDS: 18 years of experience and success.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are global major public health problems and have a major impact on social and economic development. Thailand has been affected from HIV/AIDS epidemic since the first AIDS case was reported in 1984, making the cumulative number of reported AIDS cases more than 160,000 and estimated HIV-infected people more than 1,000,000 by the end of 2004 and more than 300,000 of them are dead. There has been a strong national response to this scourge by multi-sectoral cooperation and many evidences show Thailand's success in HIV/ AIDS control.

Sexual behaviors and human immunodeficiency virus infection among Thai army conscripts between 1992 and 1998.

This study examined changes in sexual behavior among Thai army conscripts from 1992 to 1998 in association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence. The sexual behavior survey was started in 1992 during the epidemic of HIV infection in Thailand, when sexual transmission was the most common route and young men were at high risk, and it has continued yearly since 1995. The self-reported questionnaires were administered to randomly selected conscripts (N = 294 in 1992, N > 4,000 in 1995-1998), and trends in sexual behaviors were studied.