A Diagnostic Assistant Tool for Work-Related Low Back Pain in Hospital Workers.

Aims: The study objective was to develop a clinical risk score to assist occupational medicine physicians in diagnosing hospital workers' occupational lower back pain (LBP).

Settings And Design: A cross-sectional data collection design was conducted at Saraburi Hospital, Thailand.

Methods And Materials: The sample consisted of 220 hospital workers who cared for patients and had LBP.

Health Services Provided at the Primary Care Network of the Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University.

Background: Health care network of Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University is one of Contracting Unit for Primary Care (CUP) under Thai Universal Coverage (UC) scheme. It comprises four primary care units (PCUs): Khukhot Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital (KSHPH), Lamsamkaeo Municipality Health Center (LMHC), Khukhot Municipality Health Center (KMHC), and Thammasat Health Center (THC, also acted as CUP).A primary objective of this research was to study health service indicators of these four health centers.

Occupational safety and health management among five ASEAN countries: Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore.

Occupational safety and health is one of important issues for workforce movement among ASEAN countries. The objective was to study laws, main agencies, and law enforcement regarding occupational safety and health in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. This documentary research covered laws, main agencies' duties, and occupational safety and health law enforcement in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore.

Work environment and health promotion needs among personnel in the faculty of medicine, Thammasat university.

Background: Work environment and health promotion needs are important factors for quality of life of workers.

Objective: Study occupational health and safety hazards and control measures as well as health status and health promotion needs among personnel in Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University.

Material And Method: This was a cross sectional study.

Health risk assessment of workers exposed to metals from an aluminium production plant.

Objective: Foundry is an industry involved various kinds of metals and chemicals. Workers who work in foundry industry are at risk of exposure to these metals and chemicals. Objective of this study was to conduct quantitative health risk assessment for workers who exposed to metals from an aluminium production industry.

A need assessment study of occupational health curriculum for Thai medical students.

Objective: To assess and develop an appropriate occupational health curriculum for Thai medical students.

Material And Method: An assessment of existing occupational health curriculum in 12 Thai medical schools, questionnaire survey of occupational medicine experts, questionnaire survey of physicians practiced in industries and primary care hospitals in Pathumthani province, and questionnaire survey and public comments of medical education administration, academician, occupational physician, and medical students were performed

Results: An appropriate occupational health curriculum for Thai medical students included 1) knowledge of occupational health hazards and their illnesses, occupational health hazard evaluation and control, clinical features and investigation of occupational disease, principles of occupational safety, emergency treatment of occupational injury, and principles of health promotion, education, and behavioral modification; 2) experience of occupational health and safety surveillance and occupational disease differential diagnosis; and 3) competence in occupational disease diagnosis, taking clinical history and examination, advise on provision of first aid facilities, physical hazards recognition and control, work related and environmental related disease differential diagnosis, performing a risk assessment, and risk communication.

Conclusion: The present study evaluated an occupational health curriculum needed for Thai medical students.

Model development for health promotion and control of agricultural occupational health hazards and accidents in Pathumthani, Thailand.

In Thailand, agriculture is one of the major occupations; however, there is no comprehensive agricultural occupational health promotion and disease prevention model available. Objectives of this study were to empower farmers to study occupational health and safety situation in rice farming and to develop model to promote their health and prevent occupational health hazards among them. This participatory action research was performed in Tambol Klong 7, Klongluang district, Pathumthani, Thailand.

Cancer risk assessment of toxaphene.

The primary purpose is to do cancer risk assessment of toxaphene by using four steps of risk assessment proposed by the United States National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC). Four steps of risk assessment including hazard identification, dose-response relationship, exposure assessment, and risk characterization were used to evaluate cancer risk of toxaphene. Toxaphene was the most heavily used insecticide in many parts of the world before it was banned in 1982.