Promoting Health strength of community on keeping cattle occupation: Case study in Hubmaklum community, Tumbon Banlueak, Amphur Potharam, Ratchburi Province.
จรินทร สมภู่, พรรณปพร กองแก้ว. วาสนา มานิชวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนีราชบุรี และมหาวิทยาลัยเทคโนโลยีพระจอมเกล้าธนบุรี
This study was to examine health status in a community of cattle occupation, namely Hubmaklum community, Tambon Banlueak, Amphur Potharam, Ratchburi Province. This research was a part of the role of high education network at Ratchburi Province connecting with dairy career integration: case study at Hubmaklum community, Amphur potharam Ratchburi province (phase I-II). In order to make a connection in cattle occupation and community strength in 4 issues such as health, belief, health behavior, health knowledge, and health support by building up a body of knowledge concerning health and living which correspond to cattle occupation. The finding were that: out of 153 people in the community, in general, there were mostly families of 2-5 members with cattle occupation. They lived quite far from cattle pens. Cattle did not bother neighbors. It was found that there were such beliefs as traditional medical treatment, herbal treatment, occidental medical treatment, contagion from animal, and fresh milk which will make them strong. They did not believe in superstition, genetically transmitted diabetes, and they were uncertain whether they would catch pneumonia from cattle. As for health behavior, it was found that most of them did not play and sports, nor smoke nor drink. When they got sick, they would either help themselves in family or buy pills by themselves before going to public health centers. When the condition did not get better, they would go to hospital or clinic or local public health center. Most of them used 30-baht care service. As for happiness in life, most of them were as happy as normal people (happiness index of Thai people done by Department of Mental Health in 2001). Otherwise status of health concerning cattle occupation : After physical examination of sampling group (78 people) , most of them (74.4%) were women aged 22-75 with body mass index corresponding to normal level and overweight level. High blood pressures were 32.1%. Hemoglobin concentration was normal (80.8%)/ White blood cell which cause allergy were 14.1%. Urinal infections were 6.4%. Sugars in urine were 3.8%. Abnormal lung from X-ray file were 3.8%.
This study was a mirror to health status of people in community in order to build up strength and durability by receiving advice, building a body of knowledge in health to local leaders, and having health staff to facilitate and give counseling in distributing knowledge so that body of knowledge could be transferred and community is durable for health in community people.
จากการประชุมวิชาการ การบูรณาการเทคโนโลยี สังคมกับชุมชน คณะศิลปศาสตร์
King Mongkut’s university of technology Thonburi
September 22, 2006
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