Knowledge of communicable and noncommunicable diseases among Karen ethnic high school students in rural Thasongyang, the far northwest of Thailand

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 519-526

  Lorga, Thaworn ^a   Aung, Myo Nyein ^a,b   Naunboonruang, Prissana ^a   Junlapeeya, Piyatida ^a   Payaprom, Apiradee ^c  

^a Boromrajonani College of Nursing Nakhon Lampang (BCNLP)   (Thailand)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Thasongyang Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Double burden diseases; Health information; Minority; Thai Myanmar border; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; MALE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; THAILAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84879777037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S44902     Document Type: Article

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