Feeding and eating disorders among hospitalized children and adolescents in Thailand: A 5-year secondary national database analysis.

Aims: This study aimed to present national data for children and adolescents requiring hospitalization in Thailand.

Background: Feeding and eating disorders can cause life-threatening and negative health impacts. In Asia, the prevalence is rising.

Effectiveness of a Mobile App (KhunLook) Versus the Maternal and Child Health Handbook on Thai Parents' Health Literacy, Accuracy of Health Assessments, and Convenience of Use: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Children of parents who have higher health literacy (HL) benefit more from preventive child health care. Digital interventions have been used to improve parents' HL with high satisfaction. KhunLook is a Thai mobile app conceived using strategies to improve HL.

Five-Year Trend of Adolescent Hospitalizations and Deaths in Thailand: A Secondary National Data Health Situation Analysis.

Adolescence is a critical phase for achieving human potential, serving as the foundation for later health. In 2010, the major causes of hospital admissions and deaths in Thai adolescents were related to preventable causes, specifically engagement in high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sexual intercourse, substance use and unsafe driving. We retrieved data from 1,761,667 adolescent (10-17 years) hospital admissions and 6362 deaths between 2015 and 2019 from the National Health Security Office database.

Supplementation of Extract Enhances Physical Fitness and Modulates Parameters of Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Student-Athletes: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study.

This randomized double-blind controlled study aimed to investigate the effects of a standardized (KP) extract on the physical fitness and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters in adolescent sport school students. 194 male students were recruited and randomized into two groups ( = 97), matched by age and sports. The KP-treated group received KP extract capsules at a dose of 360 mg/day and the control group received placebo capsules, continuously for 12 weeks.

A Mobile App, KhunLook, to Support Thai Parents and Caregivers With Child Health Supervision: Development, Validation, and Acceptability Study.

Background: In Thailand, children born in government hospitals receive a maternal and child health handbook (MCHH). However, when a new MCHH edition is released, those with the previous editions do not have access to the updated information. A mobile app is an appealing platform to fill this gap.

Hierarchy, "Kreng Jai" and Feedback: A Grounded Theory Study Exploring Perspectives of Clinical Faculty and Medical Students in Thailand.

Institutional learning culture influences how feedback is provided, accepted, and acted upon. The Thai societal culture, characterized by strict hierarchy and collectivism, may have a significant impact on the learning culture and, therefore, feedback conversations between teachers and learners. This study explored: common approaches used by faculty to provide feedback to students; and faculty and student perspectives regarding sociocultural factors that impact feedback seeking, provision, and acceptance.

Health hackathon as a venue for interprofessional education: a qualitative interview study.

A Health Hackathon provides an opportunity for healthcare professionals to collaborate with IT developers and designers to solve health issues using technology and thus serves as a potential venue for interprofessional education. The present paper reports the views and experiences of participants on how the KKU mHealth Hackathon 2017 served as a venue for interprofessional education. A phenomenological approach was used involving semi-structured in-depth interviews of three faculty members and three students who participated in the hackathon.

Glucose Tolerance Test and Pharmacokinetic Study of Extract in Healthy Subjects.

Wall. ex Baker (KP), Krachaidam in Thai or Thai ginseng, is a herbal medicine that has many potential pharmacological effects. The effect of KP extract on blood glucose level in rodent was reported.

HEEADSSS up: pediatric residents' confidence and practice in adolescent health care before and after mandatory adolescent medicine rotations in Thailand.

Background The field of adolescent medicine is an emerging area of specialization in Thailand. Adolescent medicine was made a mandatory rotation in general pediatric residency training programs for the class of 2013. Objective This study aims to explore the difference in pediatric residents' confidence and the frequency in providing aspects of care to adolescents.

Opportunities and challenges in adolescent health training abroad: trainees' experience and perspective.

As the global adolescent population increases and as there is enhanced recognition internationally of the unique nature of the adolescent period, the need for specialized training in adolescent medicine for international physicians becomes more apparent. There are challenges in securing placement in an adolescent medicine fellowship program, as well as, on acceptance, challenges with acculturation to a new setting, socially, academically and clinically. During fellowship, international medical graduates (IMGs) are exposed to new opportunities such as learning best-practices and being mentored by experienced advocates and clinicians in the field of adolescent health and medicine.

Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Thailand.

Background: Adolescence in an age of opportunity in Thailand. The main health issues of this age group are related to pregnancy, injuries and poisoning, all which should be preventable.

Objective And Methods: This article presents the experiences of Thai physicians, who received adolescent medicine fellowship training in North America and brought their experience, knowledge, skills, and adolescent health care principles and practice back to Thailand.

Adolescent pregnancy: Thailand's national agenda.

Background: Unintended pregnancy during adolescence can have profound effects on adolescents, their parents and family, the child and the country's developing population.

Objective: To analyze the adolescent pregnancy situation in Thailand in order to provide data and suggestions for refining the nation's medical curricula and enhancing health services for adolescents.

Material And Method: National data from Thailand's 3 major health care systems, regarding; adolescent pregnancy complications, deliveries, outcomes and deaths in the 2010 fiscal year were analyzed and compared to women 20-34 years of age.

Thailand's adolescent health situation: prevention is the key.

Background: Adolescence is generally a period of good physical health, but future health problems may begin at this age due to exposure to risk factors for diseases.

Objective: To analyze the health situation of adolescents (age 13-18years) in Thailand in order to derive guidance for the refinement and calibration of the medical curriculum and enhance health service provision to adolescents.

Material And Method: National data from Thailand's 3 major health care systems, regarding; the causes of out-patient visits, in-patient admissions and deaths in the fiscal year 2010 were analyzed.

The health situation among Thai elementary school-age children: 2010.

Background: The school years are a crucial time in the development of the basic life skills necessary for learning in the various and different fields to be encountered in life, as well as for developing and acquiring the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle. In general, elementary school-age children rarely present at health service centers but may nevertheless have health problems that affect their ability to learn.

Objective: To analyze the health situation among elementary school-age children in Thailand, for the creation of baseline information to serve as an evential basis for making recommendations for adjusting the medical education curriculum and for improving health service provision.

The experience of siblings of adolescents with eating disorders.

Purpose: To qualitatively and quantitatively explore the experience and QOL of siblings of AEDs. To date, there is little research on the quality of life (QOL) and the effect an eating disorder (ED) has on the siblings of adolescents with an eating disorder (AEDs).

Methods: Siblings were recruited between January 2008 and April 2008.