Nunchana Udomyat. Health Status of foreign Migrants in Samutprakan province . Master's Degree(Health Administration). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2008.
Health Status of foreign Migrants in Samutprakan province
Abstract:
This research was a survey research. The purpose of this research was to assess the
health status of foreign migrants in Samutprakan Province. The study population were Burmese,
Laotian and Cambodian migrants living in Samutprakan Province for more than 3 months. The
sample comprised of 1602 households with 3041 persons. The research instrument was a
household questionnaire. Data collection was done from August to October 2007. Frequency,
percentage, mean and standard deviation were applied for analysis. The results showed that about
half of the foreign migrants (51.2%) lived in Muang District. More than half of the foreign
migrants were male (52.2%), Burmese(73.1%), able to speak Thai but not writing (63.7%),
married (60.2%) and perceived having good health (72.5%). During the prior month, the reported
morbidity rate among the foreign migrants was 118 per 1000 population, the average number of
family members was two persons, median income 5000 baht per month and being an employee
(54.8%). Related to health behaviours only 21.7% had regular exercise, 11.7% smoked cigarette
and 4.6% consumed alcohol. Most of them (95.8%) accessed to water supply and 87.9% had
garbage management. Most of migrants (70.5%) had health security card, 71.3% of them used the
government health security card for migrant workers and 74% had a health check up. The
contraceptive prevalence rate was 66.4% which the oral pill was the most popular method(79.2%).
62% of foreign migrants obtained the oral pill from drug stores. Only 13.2% of female migrants
had cervical cancer check up and 4.7% had breast self-examination. 91.3% of the pregnant women
received ante-natal care service. 44.4% of them utilized government hospitals. Satisfaction of
service utilization among foreign migrants was more than 70%. The majority of the foreign
migrants utilized government health services at a health center or hospital. Provincial Health
Office should make use of these findings to formulate a strategic plan for promoting health and
controlling diseases among foreign migrants