Development and Validation of a Sexual Health Literacy Measurement Tool for Pregnancy Prevention Among Adolescents (SHL-PPA).

Purpose: Several measurement tools have been developed for health literacy. However, little emphasis has been placed on the development of sexual health literacy (SHL) in adolescents. This paper describes the development and validation of an SHL measurement tool for pregnancy prevention among adolescents (SHL-PPA).

Sexual health literacy and preventive behaviors among middle-school students in a rural area during the COVID-19 situation: A mixed methods study.

This study explored the association between sexual health literacy (SHL) and preventive behaviors of pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among middle-school students during the COVID-19 outbreak to aid in the development of an informative program. Mixed-method study with stratified two-stage cluster sampling was used to obtain 730 students from 20 middle schools in a rural province of Thailand. Online self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from February 2020 to February 2021.

Promoting Health Literacy to Prevent Depression Among Workers in Industrial Factories in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the factors associated with depression among workers in industrial factories in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) of Thailand. Additionally, a guidebook was created to evaluate the suitability and appropriateness of the health literacy of the workers to prevent depression.

Methods: This study applied a mixed method from May 2019 to May 2020.

Perinatal depressive symptoms among Thai women: A hospital-based longitudinal study.

The authors of this longitudinal study investigated risk factors for postpartum depressive symptoms and differences in depressive symptoms at late pregnancy and at 1 and 3 months postpartum. In Sakhonnakhon Province, in northeastern Thailand, 449 women were recruited during late pregnancy and followed at 1 and 3 months postpartum with the use of psychosocial factors. Depressive symptom scores were measured using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).

Genetic Polymorphisms of CXCL8 (-251) Are Associated with the Susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori Infection Increased the Risk of Inflammation and Gastric Cancer in Thai Gastroduodenal Patients.

CXC Chemokine Ligand 8 (CXCL8) plays an important role in gastric inflammation and in the progression of gastric cancer induced by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. The association of CXCL8, CXC Chemokine Receptor 1 (CXCR1), and CXC Chemokine Receptor 2 (CXCR2) polymorphisms with H.

Effects of a group activity-based motivational enhancement therapy program on social media addictive behaviors among junior high school students in Thailand: a cluster randomized trial.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the effects of a group activity-based motivational enhancement therapy (GA-MET) program on social media addictive behaviors among junior high school students.

Materials And Methods: This cluster randomized trial was performed in 245 junior high school students who used social media in the lower part of northeast Thailand. The GA-MET program group and the control group sessions lasted 8 weeks and were followed up 4 weeks later.

Facebook Addiction and Its Relationship with Mental Health among Thai High School Students.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between Facebook addiction and mental health among high school students.

Material And Method: This cross-sectional analytic study was performed among 972 high school students from four provinces associated with high economic prosperity in Thailand: Bangkok, ChiangMai, Ubon Ratchathani and Songkhla, utilizing a multistage cluster sampling technique. Facebook addiction was assessed using the Thai version of the Bergen-Facebook Addiction Scale (Thai-BFAS), while a Thai version ofthe General Health Questionnaire (Thai GHQ-28) was used for mental health evaluation.

Prevalence of Facebook Addiction and Related Factors Among Thai High School Students.

Objective: To determine the prevalence ofFacebook (FB) addiction and its related factors among Thai high school students.

Material And Method: This cross-sectional study was performed among 972 high school students in four provinces associated with high economic prosperity in Thailand: Bangkok, Ubon Ratchathani, Chiang Mai and Songkhla, utilizing a multistage cluster sampling technique. A self-administrative questionnaire was produced composing of three parts; demographic data, a Thai version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (Thai-BFAS) and the Thai version of the General Health Questionnaire-28 items.

Validation of the Thai version of Bergen Facebook addiction scale (Thai-BFAS).

Objective: To determine the validity ofthe Thai version ofthe Bergen FacebookAddiction Scale (Thai-BFAS) using Facebook addiction screening in Thai high school students.

Material And Method: The original BFAS was authorized for translation and validation in Thai. After content validity and usability were approved by three Thai psychiatrists, the Thai-BFAS was adjusted again by the authors and back translated by an English expert.

Risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma in the lower part of Northeast Thailand: a hospital-based case-control study.

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the most common cancer in Northeast Thailand. It is also a crucial health problem for Thai people. Various risk factors for CCA have been identified in the upper part of Northeast Thailand, but no similar studies of risk factors have been conducted in the lower parts of the region.

Effects of a cigarette smoking prevention program among junior high school students in north-east Thailand: a pilot survey.

Objective: Evaluate the implementation of a smoking prevention program via a questionnaire. Both knowledge and attitudes toward smoking behavior and smoking cessation were also investigated

Material And Method: An experimental study was conducted between October 2011 and July 2012. Two hundred twenty six school students from Mathayom 1 to 6 participated into the present study.