Adrian C Sleigh

Biographic Data

ID278583
NAMEAdrian C Sleigh
GIVEN NAMESAdrian C
FAMILY NAMESleigh
SIGNATURESLEIGH A C
AFFILIATIONSNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS29
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX4

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • Social capital and health in a national cohort of 82,482 Open University adults in Thailand

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Suwanee Khamman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2011Cited by: 8References: 35

    We report associations between social capital and health among 82,482 adults in a national cohort of Open University students residing throughout Thailand.After adjusting for covariates, poor self-assessed health was positively associated with low social trust (OR = 1.88; 95% CI 1.76-2.01) and low social support (OR = 1.79; 95% CI 1.63-1.95). In addition, poor psychological health was also associated with low social trust (OR = 2.52; 95% CI 2.41-…

  • Health, Well-being, and Social Indicators Among Monks, Prisoners, and Other Adult Members of an Open University Cohort in Thailand

    Open Accessthe Thai Cohort Study Team, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2010

    This study has brought together two seemingly socially extreme population subgroups to compare their health and social well-being. These groups had in common restricted living arrangements and aspirational enrollment. As well, they are part of the population-based Thai Cohort Study (TCS) of 87,134 adult Open University students residing throughout the country. Analysis was restricted to men aged 20-39 years resulting in 711 monks, 195 prisoners a…

  • Has universal health insurance reduced socioeconomic inequalities in urban and rural health service use in Thailand

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Gordon A Carmichael et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2010Cited by: 5References: 5

    This study analyses urban and rural health service use before and after the introduction of the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS). Using data from the Thai national health surveys of 2001 and 2005, the study utilises age-sex adjusted concentration indices to measure within-area differences in use of health services among populations distinguished by socioeconomic status. Between 2001 and 2005, the UCS substantially reduced Thailand's uninsured popu…

  • Prescribing behaviour of village doctors under China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme

    Open AccessXiaoyun Sun, Sukhan Jackson et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2009Cited by: 9References: 10

  • Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand

    Open AccessVasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Lynette Lim et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2007

    The findings confirm that substantial socioeconomic inequalities in health as measured by self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health exist in Thailand. Decomposition analysis shows that inequalities in health status are associated with particular demographic, socioeconomic and geographic population subgroups. Vulnerable subgroups which are prone to both ill health and relative poverty warrant targeted policy attention

  • The political economy and socio‐economic impact of China's three Gorges dam

    Sukhan Jackson, A Sleigh et al.ARTICLEAsian Studies Review2001Cited by: 7References: 1

    (2001). The political economy and socio‐economic impact of China's three Gorges dam. Asian Studies Review: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 57-72