A Sleigh

Biographic Data

ID179562
NAMEA Sleigh
GIVEN NAMESA
FAMILY NAMESleigh
SIGNATURESLEIGH A
AFFILIATIONSAustralian National University
ORCID0000-0001-8443-7864
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS49
TOTAL CITATIONS89
AUTHOR COUNT49
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX6

  • Pathways to care

    Open AccessThanh Tam Tran, A Sleigh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    Analysis using the three-delay model for road traffic injury in Vietnam has revealed important barriers to emergency care. Hospital care needs to improve to enhance patient experiences and trust. Socioculture affects each of the three delays and needs to inform thinking of future developments of the EMS system, especially for countries with limited resources

  • Predictors and burden of injury mortality in the Thai cohort study 2005–2015

    Open AccessCallum Lowe, Matthew Kelly et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    This study identifies that a history of drink driving, but not regular alcohol consumption, increased injury risk. The associations between smoking and depression, and injury mortality also need further consideration

  • Dietary patterns associated with hypertension risk among adults in Thailand

    Open AccessZumin Shi, Keren Papier et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective Dietary intake is a leading risk factor for hypertension. We aimed to assess longitudinal associations between overall dietary patterns and incident hypertension among adults in Thailand. Design Prospective large Thai Cohort Study (TCS) conducted nationwide from 2005 to 2013. Dietary patterns were identified using factor analysis based on usual intake of fourteen food groups. Multivariable logistic regression assessed associations betwe…

  • Health Risk Transition and Low Mortality Patterns Among a National Cohort of Aspirational Thai Open University Students

    Open AccessMatthew Kelly, Chalapati Rao et al.ARTICLEJournal of Biosocial Science2018

    In the last 50 years Thailand has achieved advanced demographic and health transitions. Many infectious diseases are controlled and infant and maternal mortality rates are among the lowest in the region. Within such a low mortality setting, however, substantial variations in health persist, with education being a major driver. This paper assesses the ongoing mortality transition in Thailand, examining relationships between risk factors and mortal…

  • Body mass index and type 2 diabetes in Thai adults

    Open AccessKeren Papier, Catherine D’Este et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    A BMI cut-point of 22 kg/m 2 , one point lower than the current 23 kg/m 2 , would be justified for defining T2DM risk in Thai adults. Lowering obesity prevalence would greatly reduce T2DM incidence

  • Caregiving and mental health among workers

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Liana Leach et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2016

    Our findings provide evidence on caregiving and associated risk for psychological distress among working Thais. This adds to the limited existing literature in middle-income countries and highlights the potential pressure among caregivers in balancing work and care while preserving their own mental health

  • Évolution de la mortalité au cours de la transition du socialisme planifié au capitalisme d'État à Shanghai

    Open AccessJiaying Zhao, Edward Jow-Ching Tu et al.ARTICLEPopulation2016Cited by: 1References: 55

    Contrairement aux dynamiques de mortalité des anciennes économies socialistes d'Europe durant leur période de transition, les changements de la mortalité en Chine depuis le début des réformes ont été peu étudiés. Cet article analyse les tendances de la mortalité des résidents permanents de Shanghai au moment où la Chine est passée du socialisme planifié au capitalisme d'État. L'amélioration constante de l'espérance de vie a connu un ralentissemen…

  • Trust

    Open AccessCathy Banwell, Matthew Kelly et al.ARTICLEAnthropological Forum2016Cited by: 2References: 31

    Thailand has experienced dramatic growth of large national and international modern food retailers, such as supermarkets, hypermarkets and convenience stores in large cities and regional centres in the last two decades. Nevertheless, Thai consumers continue to purchase perishables (fruits, vegetables and animal products) from fresh markets (wet markets, talat sot) contradicting predictions from analysts that modern food retail chains will rapidly…

  • Physically and psychologically hazardous jobs and mental health in Thailand

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Lyndall Strazdins et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2015

    This paper investigates associations between hazardous jobs, mental health and wellbeing among Thai adults. In 2005, 87 134 distance-learning students from Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University completed a self-administered questionnaire; at the 2009 follow-up 60 569 again participated. Job characteristics were reported in 2005, psychological distress and life satisfaction were reported in both 2005 and 2009. We derived two composite variables g…

  • Psychosocial job characteristics, wealth, and culture

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Antonio Ivan Lazzarino et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2015

    BACKGROUND: Most research on the influence of psychosocial job characteristics on health status has been conducted within affluent Western economies. This research addresses the same topic in a middle-income Southeast Asian country, enabling comparison with a Western benchmark. METHODS: We analysed and compared the Health Survey for England conducted in 2010 and the Thai Cohort Study data at 2005 baseline for workers aged 35-45 years. Multivariat…

  • Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and health disparities

    Open AccessThanh Tam Tran, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Our findings add to current knowledge on the impact of active and passive smoking on health in a transitional economy. Promotion of smoking cessation programs both in public and at home could also potentially reduce adverse disparities in health and wellbeing in middle and lower income settings such as Thailand

  • Alcohol consumption patterns in Thailand and their relationship with non-communicable disease

    Open AccessThai Cohort Study Team, Mami Wakabayashi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Heavy alcohol consumption of 4 or more glasses per occasion, even if the occasions were infrequent, was associated with elevated risk of NCDs in Thailand. These results highlight the need for strategies in Thailand to reduce the quantity of alcohol consumed to prevent alcohol-related disease. Thailand is fortunate that most of the female population is culturally protected from drinking and this national public good should be endorsed and supporte…

  • Early life urban exposure as a risk factor for developing obesity and impaired fasting glucose in later adulthood

    Open AccessChaisiri Angkurawaranon, Anawat Wisetborisut et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    Early life urban exposure was associated with increased risk of developing obesity in adulthood. These findings support public health intervention programs to prevent obesity starting from early ages

  • Comparison of characteristics and mortality in multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR tuberculosis patients in China

    Open AccessYanni Sun, David Harley et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2015

    MDR-TB was a strong predictor for poor long-term outcome. High quality diagnosis and treatment must be ensured. Greater reimbursement or free treatment may be needed to provide access for the poor and vulnerable populations, and to increase treatment compliance

  • Food and nutrition labelling in Thailand

    Open AccessWimalin Rimpeekool, Sam-Ang Seubsman et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2015Cited by: 5

    This paper reviews the evolution of Thai food and nutrition label policies and Thailand's international role relating to food product safety and standards. The historical record has been interpreted to identify future trends and challenges related to food labelling. These challenges are arising in Thailand and many similar emerging economies. Thailand has a good reputation in world food markets and is now becoming a global leader in food producti…

  • Unhappiness and mortality

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Sam-Ang Seubsman et al.ARTICLEBioPsychoSocial Medicine2014

    BACKGROUND: A relationship between happiness and mortality might seem obvious, but outside of affluent settings in developed countries there is almost no actual evidence that this is so. FINDINGS: We report our findings on happiness and mortality in Buddhist Southeast Asia. Our data are derived from a prospective nationwide cohort study of 60,569 Thai adults reporting in 2009 and followed up for all-cause mortality over the next four years (296 d…

  • The associations between unhealthy behaviours, mental stress, and low socio-economic status in an international comparison of representative samples from Thailand and England

    Open AccessAntonio Ivan Lazzarino, Antonio Lazzarino et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2014

    BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic status is a recognised determinant of health status, and the association may be mediated by unhealthy behaviours and psychosocial adversities, which, in developed countries, both aggregate in low socioeconomic sectors of the population. We explored the hypothesis that unhealthy behavioural choices and psychological distress do not both aggregate in low socioeconomic status groups in developing countries. METHODS: Our stu…

  • Self-reported health and subsequent mortality

    Open AccessJiaying Zhao, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    In Thailand, SRH is a good predictor of population mortality due to internal causes (e.g. CVD). SRH is holistic, simple to measure and low cost; when repeated it measures dynamic health status. In many developing countries chronic diseases are emerging and morbidity information is limited. SRH could help monitor such transitions in burdens and trends of population health

  • Tuberculosis patients’ knowledge and beliefs about tuberculosis

    Open AccessKerri Viney, Kerri A Viney et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    The majority of the TB patients interviewed did not attribute TB to a bacterial cause. Consulting a traditional healer for health care, including while seeking a diagnosis for TB symptoms, was common and may have delayed diagnosis. People require better information about TB to correct commonly held misperceptions about the disease. Traditional healers could also be engaged with the national TB programme, in order to refer people with signs and sy…

  • Traditional healers and the potential for collaboration with the national tuberculosis programme in Vanuatu

    Open AccessKerri Viney, Penelope Johnson et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Traditional healers in Vanuatu treat lung diseases including TB. Many have previously collaborated with the Government funded health care system, and almost all of them indicated a willingness to collaborate with the national TB programme. The engagement of traditional healers in TB management should be considered, using an evidence based and culturally sensitive approach

  • Traditional, modern or mixed? Perspectives on social, economic, and health impacts of evolving food retail in Thailand

    Open AccessMatthew Kelly, Sam-Ang Seubsman et al.ARTICLEAgriculture and Human Values2014References: 3

    Transnational food retailers expanded to middle-income countries over recent decades responding to supply (liberalized foreign investment) and demand (rising incomes, urbanization, female workforce participation, and time poverty). Control in new markets diffuses along three axes: socio-economic (rich to poor), geographic (urban to rural), and product category (processed foods to fresh foods). We used a mixed method approach to study the progress…

  • Inequalities in Risks and Outcomes in a Health Transitioning Country

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Sharon Friel et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2013

    This article reviews inequalities in health risks and outcomes based on a large longitudinal cohort study of distance-learning adult students enrolled at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University ( n = 87,134). The study began in 2005 and the first follow-up was completed in 2009. Risks analyzed for health inequalities were divided into demographic, socioeconomic, geographical, behavioral, and environmental groups. Unequal risks and outcomes identif…

  • Evolving food retail environments in Thailand and implications for the health and nutrition transition

    Open AccessCathy Banwell, Jane Dixon et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2013

    Objective To investigate evolving food retail systems in Thailand. Design Rapid assessment procedures based on qualitative research methods including interviews, focus groups discussions and site visits. Setting Seven fresh markets located in the four main regions of Thailand. Subjects Managers, food specialists, vendors and shoppers from seven fresh markets who participated in interviews and focus group discussions. Results Fresh markets are und…

  • Synanthropy of Wild Mammals as a Determinant of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Asian–Australasian Region

    Open AccessR A McFarlane, Ro McFarlane et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2012

  • Physical and mental health among caregivers

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, David Harley et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    Adult caregivers in Thailand experienced a consistent adverse physical and mental health burden. A dose-response effect was evident, with odds ratios higher for full-time caregivers than for part-time, and non-caregivers. Our findings should raise awareness of caregivers, their unmet needs, and support required in Thailand and other similar middle-income countries