Pursuing the efficient operation of the primary healthcare hospitals in Thailand through efficiency assessment using the data envelopment analysis method.

Aims: This study aimed to assess the operational efficiency of Sub-District or Tambon Health Promoting Hospitals (THPHs) in Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and to propose management guidelines for future improvements.

Background: The current state of Thailand's public health demonstrates that government policy has prioritized equal access to public health services in all areas. This increases the need for primary public health services, yet resources are limited and cannot be increased to meet the growing demand.

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.

The association of sociodemographic characteristics and sexual risk behaviors with health literacy toward behaviors for preventing unintended pregnancy among university students.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an associated effect between sociodemographic characteristics and sexual risk behaviors with health literacy in preventing unintended pregnancy among university students in Chon Buri province, Thailand.

Participants And Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used. The data were collected between February and May, 2017.

Factors Related to the Sexual Behaviors among Youth in Universities Located in the Eastern Region of Thailand.

Background And Objective: Youth is a "crisis period", as it is a transitional period between childhood and adulthood. This period incites the youth to have curiosity, especially to sexual contents. As a result, they have higher risk behavior leading to the percentage of newly HIV infected persons among youth in the eastern region that is proportionally higher.