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| Title of Article |
Health seeking behavior of Myanmar migrant workers in Khon Kaen province, Thailand |
| Date of Acceptance |
28 February 2024 |
| Journal |
| Title of Journal |
International Journal of Public Health Asia Pacific (IJPHAP) |
| Standard |
OTHER () |
| Institute of Journal |
Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Thailand |
| ISBN/ISSN |
ISSN 2822-0587 (Online) |
| Volume |
2023 |
| Issue |
(VOL.2 | ISSUE 04 | |
| Month |
SEP-DEC, 2023 |
| Year of Publication |
2024 |
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Health seeking behavior of Myanmar migrant workers in Khon Kaen province, Thailand |
| Abstract |
ABSTRACT
Background: There have been increasing numbers of migrant workers in Thailand, 69% of low skills migrant workers are from Myanmar. Migrant workers are highest risk of work-related injury and illness than immigrant. There is limited study that focus on the magnitude of health seeking behavior and its associated factors among on Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand.
Objective: To determine the proportion of the health seeking behavior and its associated factors of the Myanmar migrant workers.
Methods: This was the cross-sectional study by using quantitative data collection method and 423 Myanmar migrant workers were conducted in the Khon Kaen province, Thailand. Community working in a fishing net factory and a construction site were selected by simple random sampling method procedure. Data collection was done via face-to-face interviews. Multiple logistic regression was used for data analysis. The association was described with Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) and 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI) at the statistically significant level of p value < 0.05.
Results: A total of 423 participants were aged between 18 and 56 years (mean: 30.89 ± 7.95) years) and 61.7% were currently married. Three-fourths (76.36%) of participants got more than 10000 baths per month. Around 87% responded as healthy. Overall, 46.81% of participants had appropriate health seeking behavior. Factors significantly associated with appropriate health seeking behavior were fishing net factory workers (AOR:1.80, 95% CI: 1.03-3.13) , ability to speak Thai (AOR: 2.58, 95% CI: 1.52-4.39), non-drinkers (AOR: 1.60, 95% CI: 1.01-2.53), unhealthy (AOR:2.30, 95% CI: 1.21-4.39), injury (AOR: 3.33, 95% CI: 1.67-6.61), chronic diseases (AOR: 2.92,95% CI: 1.55-5.52).
Conclusions: The proportion of appropriate health seeking behavior of Myanmar migrant workers was unsatisfactory. Occupation, ability to speak Thai, nondrinker, unhealthy, injury and chronic diseases were leading to appropriate health seeking behavior.
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Key words: Health seeking behaviour, Myanmar migrant workers, Thailand. |
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