Factors Predicting the Ability to Perform Activities of Daily Living among Stroke Patients in Rural Community Southern Thailand.

Background: The aim of this study was to explore the factors associated with the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) among post-stroke patients participating in outpatient physical rehabilitation programmes in community hospital in southern Thailand.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected from 258 patients diagnosed with stroke through the HOSxP programme from 2018 to 2022. Patients' ADL were assessed using the Barthel Index measurement.

Breast Cancer and Screening Prevention Programmes: Perceptions of Women in a Multicultural Community in Southern Thailand.

Background: Breast cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women worldwide and in Thailand.

Objective: To explore perceptions of breast cancer and screening prevention programmes among a group of at-risk women in a multicultural setting in southern Thailand.

Methods: Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used for data collection with 30 at-risk group women.

Exploring Readiness towards Effective Implementation of Safety and Health Measures for COVID-19 Prevention in Nakhon-Si-Thammarat Community-Based Tourism of Southern Thailand.

Thailand's community-based tourism (CBT) faces a challenging adaptation in response to COVID-19 prevention. This study aimed to assess the readiness for effective implementation of the Safety and Health Administration (SHA) for COVID-19 prevention in the tourism community. A qualitative approach was adopted for this study.

Early Detection of Breast Cancer and Barrier to Screening Programmes amongst Thai Migrant Women in Australia: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Breast cancer screening programme is seen as the best practice to detect breast cancer early. However, there are circumstances that can prevent immigrant women from attending screening programmes. Little is known about Thai migrants and the barriers to their seeking breast cancer screening when living in a new homeland.

Physical and Emotional Experiences of Chemotherapy: a Qualitative Study among Women with Breast Cancer in Southern Thailand.

Background: Chemotherapy treatment can increase survival rates among women with breast cancer elsewhere. However, it also has negative impact on women’s general appearance, body image and psychological functioning. This study aimed to describe the experiences of chemotherapy treatment among Thai women with breast cancer in rural communities, sounthern Thailand.

'I was told not to do it but…': Infant feeding practices amongst HIV-positive women in southern Thailand.

Background And Objectives: mothers living with HIV are encouraged not to breastfeed as it can transmit HIV to their infants. However, there is little known about how Thai women with HIV perceive and experience their infant feeding practices. This paper explores the breastfeeding experiences among Thai women living with HIV in southern Thailand.

Social Support and Women Living With Breast Cancer in the South of Thailand.

Purpose: To discuss social support among women with breast cancer in rural communities in southern Thailand.

Design: Qualitative research that allowed researchers to understand the lived experiences of women living with breast cancer and social support.

Methods: In-depth interviewing and drawing methods were adopted with 20 women with breast cancer.

Breast cancer diagnosis: biographical disruption, emotional experiences and strategic management in Thai women with breast cancer.

In this article we draw on Bury's theory of biographical disruption to discuss the meanings of, and emotional experiences related to, being diagnosed with breast cancer among southern Thai women. Qualitative methods, including in-depth interviewing and drawing methods, were used to collect data from 20 women with breast cancer. The women perceived breast cancer to be a rhok raai; an evil or dread disease.

Breast Cancer Treatment: Experiences of Changes and Social Stigma Among Thai Women in Southern Thailand.

Background: Women with breast cancer receive different forms of treatment. Although treatment can save the lives of women, they can result in adverse physical, psychological, and social effects that can impact the women's quality of life.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the experiences of breast cancer treatment among Thai women in southern Thailand.

Therapeutic landscapes and living with breast cancer: the lived experiences of Thai women.

Breast cancer is an "emotionally debilitating disease" that affects the lives of women of all ages. In this paper, we discuss the lived experience of breast cancer among women in southern Thailand and situate our discussions within the concept of therapeutic landscapes. We adopted a feminist framework as our research methodology and employed qualitative and innovative methods.

Seeking help chaow baan ways in southern Thailand.

Although modern health care facilities exist in rural areas, Thai people continue to seek help from traditional healers. This paper explores the perceptions and experiences of patients of traditional healers in southern Thailand. An ethnographic method was used comprising participant observation and in-depth interviews with 23 patients of traditional healers.

Existing roles of traditional healers (mor baan) in southern Thailand.

Traditional healers (mor baan) played an important role in Thai health long before the introduction of Western medicine. Although modern health professional play a key role of health care provider of Thai health care system, traditional healers and their practice still exist in most rural areas of Thailand. In this article, we address the roles and practices of traditional healers in southern Thailand.

Traditional healers (mor pheun baan) in Southern Thailand: the barriers for cooperation with modern health care delivery.

Although the cooperation between modern and traditional medicine (TM) is increasingly promoted in health care system of nationwide, there remains many barriers. In this study, we examined the barriers and possible ways of promoting cooperation between traditional healers and modern health system. Ethnographic method including participant observations, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and unobtrusive methods were employed for data collection.