Health risk behaviors of uplands youth in Kanchanaburi DSS (Thailand)

Name: San, San Oo

LCSH: Smoking

LCSH: Adolescence -- Health and hygiene

LCSH: Kanchanaburi Project

LCSH: Drinking behavior

LCSH: Kanchanaburi Demographic Surveillance System

LCSH: Drinking of alcoholic beverages

LCSH: Health behavior -- Thailand -- Kanchanaburi

Abstract: In Bandura, (1960s) human behavior was identified as a triadic, dynamic and reciprocal interaction of personal factors, behavior and the environment and one’s behavior can result from the learning of others. The central hypothesis of this research is to identify the health risk behavior of uplands youth by ethnicity differentials. In order to test the hypothesis in here with data from Kanchanaburi DSS census used as secondary data by using bivariate and multivariate analysis to find out the relationship between personal, parental and surroundings influencing characteristics of youth in relation to each of the health risk behaviors (smoking and drinking). Out of 1307 youth aged 15 to 24 years in the study 711 were Thai and 596 were Non-Thai. Among the uplands youth 351 were smokers and 294 were drinkers. Smoking prevalence of uplands strata is 27% and dominated by Non-Thai. Drinking prevalence is 22% and more prevalent among Thai youth. Both of the health risk behaviors were dominated by male youth. Youth in their 20 to 24 years age group were more likely to be exposed to health risk behaviors. Among uplands youth low level educated youth, and working youth was a greater likelihood of being exposed to smoking behavior while secondary educated youth were more likely to engage in drinking behavior. In this study the results also pointed out that surroundings influence in household level, living arrangement and parental imitation were the most influential factors for both health risk behaviors. In uplands strata, there is a statistically significant difference of health risk behavior among Thai and Non-Thai ethnics after controlling other factors. Therefore this study pointed out that in order to prevent health risk behaviors of uplands youth, life skill training programs and health education program on health risk behaviors especially issues should be ethnic specific, age and gender specific, family, parents and focused to not only in-school youth but also to be designed to reach working youth in their working site.

Mahidol University

Address: NAKHON PATHOM

Email: liwww@mahidol.ac.th

Name: Yothin Sawangdee

Role: Thesis Advisors

Created: 2009-07-09

Modified: 2020-04-19

Issued: 2009-07-09

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ISBN: 9740463959

CallNumber: TH S194h 2005

eng

Spatial: Kanchanaburi

DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Population and Reproductive Health Research

Grantor: Mahidol University

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