Publications by authors named "Tharadol Kengganpanich"
Background: Foot reflexology is a treatment with the hypothesis that such massage stimulation on the feet may cause a therapeutic effect which should be helpful for smoking cessation. However, its mechanism of action in the brain of smoking people remains unknown. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is helpful for real-time brain activity detection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To explore the cigarette consumption among foreign tourists in Thailand.
Material And Method: The data in this cross-sectional survey is collected by interviewing 655 foreign tourist smokers with questionnaires in congested areas including Suvarnabhum International Airport, Khao San Road, shopping centers and tourist attraction sites. The data was collected in October, 2010, analyzed by descriptive statistic and the crude magnitude of cigarette consumption was calculated.
Objective: To assess the core competencies to prevent and control chronic diseases of the head of Tambol Health Centers (THC) in Thailand.
Material And Method: This cross-sectional survey research was carried out with 2,049 heads of THC from the total population of 9,985. The samples were selected randomly from all provinces of every region.
Previous studies among Buddhist monks in Thailand have reported smoking rates to be as high as 55%. Because 95% of Thais are Buddhist, monks are highly influential in establishing normative behavioral patterns. As the first population-based study on smoking among Buddhist monks in Thailand, this study aims to determine the smoking prevalence in six regions of the country, and to examine smoking knowledge, risk perceptions, behaviors, and associated demographics among full-fledged and novice monks (n = 6,213).
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