| effectiveness of a health educational program based on self-efficacy and social support for preventing liver fluke infection in rural people of surin province, thailand. | opisthorchiasis is a major problem in thailand particularly in northeast region which also has a high incidence of cholangiocarcinomas. since health modification is needed, this quasi-experimental study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a health education program based on self-efficacy and social support in tha tum district, surin province, thailand. a total of 70 participants were purposive selected with a history of opisthorchiasis. participants were divided into experimental and control gr ... | 2016 | 27039733 |
| nutritional status among rural community elderly in the risk area of liver fluke, surin province, thailand. | thailand is becoming an aging society, this presenting as a serious problem situation especially regarding health. chronic diseases found frequently in the elderly may be related to dietary intake and life style. surin province has been reported as a risk area for liver fluke with a high incidence of cholangiocarcinma especially in the elderly. therefore, this study aimed to determine the nutritional status and associated factors among elderly in surin province, northeast of thailand. a communit ... | 2015 | 26745091 |
| the carcinogenic liver fluke opisthorchis viverrini among rural community people in northeast thailand: a cross- sectional descriptive study using multistage sampling technique. | opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public health problem in southeast asia especially in the northeast and north of thailand. therefore, a cross-sectional survey using multistage sampling was conducted from the rural communities of surin province, thailand, during september 2013 to july 2014. o. viverrini infection was determined using kato's thick smear technique. socio-demographic, information resources, and history data were collected using predesigned semi-structured questionnaire ... | 2015 | 26625801 |
| risk areas of liver flukes in surin province of thailand using geographic information system. | opisthorchiasis, caused by opisthorchis viverrini, is of considerable public health importance in southeast asia, particularly in lao pdr and thailand. | 2015 | 26201130 |
| trematode diversity in the freshwater snail bithynia siamensis goniomphalos sensu lato from thailand and lao pdr. | in order to obtain a comprehensive understanding of trematode diversity in bithynia siamensis goniomphalos sensu lato, the first intermediate host of the liver fluke opisthorchis viverrini s.l., the prevalence of larval trematode species was investigated in different localities in thailand and lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr). in thailand, snail samples were collected from 29 localities in the nine provinces: buri ram, surin, chaiya phum, maha sarakham, khon kaen, kalasin, mukdahan, sa ... | 2016 | 25997613 |
| gis-based spatial statistical analysis of risk areas for liver flukes in surin province of thailand. | it is urgently necessary to be aware of the distribution and risk areas of liver fluke, opisthorchis viverrini, for proper allocation of prevention and control measures. this study aimed to investigate the human behavior, and environmental factors influencing the distribution in surin province of thailand, and to build a model using stepwise multiple regression analysis with a geographic information system (gis) on environment and climate data. the relationship between the human behavior, attitu ... | 2015 | 25824758 |
| community-based cross-sectional study of carcinogenic human liver fluke in elderly from surin province, thailand. | opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public-health problem in southeast asia. it is associated with a number of hepatobiliary diseases and the evidence strongly indicates that liver fluke infection is the etiology of cholangiocarcinoma. | 2012 | 23167329 |