The Factors effecting an acceptance of herbal treatment.

 The main objectives of the survey research which performed by interviewing with structural questionnaire, were to study the knowledge, opinion, experience about 5 kid of herbs utilizing in Phon community hospital and toanalyse the factors effecting an acceptance of herbal treatment. It revealed that “Aloe” is the most known-herb among those 5 kinds. Curcuma Longa Linn. (“Kamin chan”) is the most frequently use by the subject themselves. 77.1 percents of those subject had an opinion that herbsis the same curative efficiency as modern drugs.  Over fifty percents of them had ever received knowledge about herbs from health personals, relatives, neighbourand mass media. The analysis of factor effecting an acceptance of herbal treatment found that the following factors significantly influence :- beliefs in herbal curative efficiency; receiving advice from the health personnel’s; receiving advice from relatives/neighbor; receiving advice from mass media and the last is the way they know that physician prescribed herbs for them.

The Comparison of Staff Lecturers’ Knowledge, Attitude and behavior to participate in Health Sciences Branch of KKU field practices during the academic year 1991-1992.

 The objectives of this research are to study the comparison of staff lecturers’s knowledge, attitude and behavior to participate in Khon Kaen University field parctices during the academic year 1991-1992.  The study examines the relationship among knowledge, attitude and behavior to participate in Khon Kaen University field pradtices. The populations used in this research were the staff lecturers who had the experiences to participate in field practices in the past and the present field practices.  A Total number of 118 responses were returned from the first group and 35 responses were returned from the second group. A total number of 153 returned responded questionaires were process for analysis T-test, Anova and Correlations. The study showed that there were significantly different between the two groups and The different faculties had different knowledge and some different age groups had different knowledge at significant level 0.05 In addition, it is discovered that knowledge were no significantly related with attitudes and the most population had behaviors to participate with field practiecs because they thought that it is very useful.

The Causes of Unpopularity of the Traditional Medicine.

 The main objective of this study was to investigate the principal causes of unpopularity of the traditional medicine.  Research design was description research using document analysis, depth-interview and participant observation of traditional medicine treatment to obtained the truth as much as possible.  Depth-interviews were performed with 30 patients who dislike traditional medical treatment (or who had failed from that), 30 ex-traditional practitioners and persons who are heedful in traditional medicine. The result of this study revealed that there are five factors effecting unpopularity of the traditional medicine as follow:-1) socio-economic status factor of traditional doctor. 2) poor curative efficiency. 3) teaching and education system of traditional doctor. 4) law factor and distribution of government health service system. 5) new technology and improving of western medicine.

Study groups of mother or relatives whose level of education are higher

 It was believed that more highly educated mothers could take care of their children better than less educated mothers.  Other factors involved the growth development of children during infant and preschool years.  Two villages in Khon Kaen provinces were studied and compared.  The target groups were children below five years and their mothers.  Only mothers in a studied village were given health education.  The result showed that children in a studied village were slightly more developed and healthier than children in a controlled village.  However, when the mothers education levels were compared, data showed that mothers with lower education could look after their children better than those in a higher education group.  This happened in both villages.  It might be that lower educated mothers had more time for their children and tended to follow the local health worker’s teaching.  In contrast the mothers in the higher educated group had more chance to work outside and left children with their cousins.  There fore, this might effect children’s growth development and health.

The problems of seeking continuous medical care of patients with paralysis in Nonmuang village T.sila A.muang Khon Kaen

Background :        The number of patients with paralysis is increasing. When these patients are discharged from the hospital, they have problems  seeking continuous medical care to prevent complications. Therefore, studying  the problems in seeking continuous medical care can establish the way to solve them.Objective :  To study 1.  the problems in seeking continuous medical care of the patients with paralysis in Nonmuang village. 2.  The role of Srinagarind hospital and Nonmuang primary care unit in continuous  medical care.Research  design :  Descriptive study and informations are gathered by interview process.Population  : 11 patients living in Nonmuang village during 28June-12July 2004, 2 officers of Srinakarin hospital and 2 officers of Nonmuang Prinary Care Unit.Results :   Of the 11 patients, 5 are men and 6 are women. 9 patients have hemiplegia caused by stroke and 2 had spinal cord diseases. 6 patients get better, 2 are stable and 3 are worsened. 3 patients believe that they can be cured or get better, 3 believe they will remain stable and 4 believe they will get worse, 1 has no opinion. For relationship with neighbors, 9 have worsened relationship and 2 have good relationship. 6 patients have dramatic impact on there economic status, 5 have lesser impact. A caretaker is absent for 1 patient, 7 patients go well with their caretakers and 3 do not. All the immobile patients (5 patients) have not adapted a proper environment. Among the patients with walking aids, 2 have adapted their environment and 1 does not. 3 mobile patients haven't adapt any of their environment. 3 patients have never been visited, 8 have been visited, but only for some conversations. Srinakarind hospital has a policy for patient referring, but has no responsible unit. It is also lack of good coordination inside the hospital itself, and lack of coordination between it and the primary care unit for follow-up. The primary care unit has its programme to visit 4 patients each day but never be able to act according to the programme.Conclusion :  The hospital \& PCU ‘s programs for the patients are neither suitable nor effective.Many patients seek other improper treatment or abandon the rehabilitative programs due to their lack of knowledge.Solve the problems by fixing the causes. Hence developing a more proper programs also include education in the programs. For knowledge yields compliance \& understanding.Keywords  :  Problem seeking; Paralysis 

Knowledge and Behavior of Khon Kaen University Student for Ear Picking

Background: The Otorhinolaryngology Outpatient Department (OPD) at Srinagarind Hospital has reported that most patients have an incorrect knowledge and behavior regarding cleaning their ears. Introduction of foreign bodies into the ear canal can result in Ear Nose throat (ENT) diseases ranging from mild (acute otitis externa, impact cerumen) to severe (tympanic membrane perforation) with possible loss of hearing. One-third of the Otolaryngology OPD cases with acute otitis externa and impact cerumen in 2003 were students. We, therefore, wanted to assess the knowledge and behavior of ear cleaning among Khon Kaen University students. Our study should yield results useful for the development of correct behavior for ear cleaning thereby decreasing the incidence of ENT diseases.Objectives: 1) to estimate the prevalence of ear cleaning among KKU undergraduates; and, 2) to evaluate their knowledge and behaviors.Design: Descriptive studySetting: Khon Kaen University, Amphur Muang, Khon Kaen, ThailandPopulation: Undergraduates at Khon Kaen University who clean their ears.Sampling: 250 persons by accidental samplingTool: Self-administered questionnaireAnalysis: Descriptive and analytic statisticsResults: The sample included 250 undergraduates (63% female), ranging between 16 and 26 years of age, from the 16 Faculties. Knowledge was studied in two parts: 1) “ears and ear wax” and 2) “ear cleaning and its possible complications”. Most (86%) of the respondents had an adequate knowledge as determined by an ENT specialist. In part 1. “ears and ear wax and part 2 ear cleaning and its possible complications” 69 and 64 percent had passing scores. All of the respondents had poked their ears an average 9 times the previous month: 5 times for cleaning and 3 times to decrease irritation. Devices introduced into the ear canal included cotton buds (7 times) and fingertips/fingernails (1 time). Most respondents did their own ears (8 times). There was a correlation between knowledge in parts I or parts I and II and the avoidance of intrusions into the ear. However, an increase in the knowledge of part I alone had no significant impact on the number of intrusions into the ear canal.Conclusion: Most respondents had an adequate knowledge of the dangers of introducing objects into the ear canal, but still think that it is necessary. Health education should include an explanation of the mechanism by which the ear rids itself of wax, the possible complications and correct methods for cleaning ears without introducing foreign objects. People’s belief about the necessity for ear cleaning might then be changed and the behavior altogether reduced

Helmets Loss among Khon Kaen University Students

Background: Traffic accident is an important problem which causes mortality every year in Khon Kaen University Campus. Campaigns for helmet-usage has been done, but many students don’t use. Some of them complain about the loss of helmet.Objectives: To determine the rate of helmets loss and the rate of being arrest for riding without wearing the helmet and the financial loss by these problems.Methods: Descriptive study was done. The study population comprised of student who owns motorcycle. Subjects were randomly selected by systematic random sampling from the time-location sampling from 5 common parking places. Self-administered questionnaire was employed and the in-depth interview was also used in this study.Results: From 350 subjects, 99.1% of them were response, 56.5% were female, and 31% and 28.4% were the first and second year students, respectively. The engineering student and management science student accounted for 18% and 10.8%, respectively. About 3.7% of the subjects never own the helmet. The rate of helmets loss is 0.4 helmet/person-year (95%CI: 0.4, 0.5) and the rate of being arrested is 0.4 time/ person-year (95%CI: 0.4, 0.5), which cost 165.6 Baht/person-year or 3,949,891.2 Baht for total KKU Students in a year. Most of the helmets were stolen at the owner’s dormitory (26.1%) and at the owner’s faculty (25.6%). Most of the students did not know the exact time of the stealing (37.2%), while 28.9% happened in the afternoon. When study the securing the helmets on the day it was stolen, 90% of them were left unlocked at the motorcycles and 3.9% were locked. For prevention of the helmet lost, 66% of the subjects asking the university to build the lockers for the students.Conclusions: Two helmets were stolen and 2 were arrested because of not wearing helmet for each 5 KKU students during one year.Keywords: helmet, loss, KKU, stealing, locker