A Comparison of Health Provision and Status in Ban Napho Refugee Camp and Nakhon Phanom Province, Northeastern Thailand

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ID3898397
AuthorsSusanna Maybin (Save the Children, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume16
Issue1
Pages43-52
Publication date1992-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00374.x
PMID20958739
OpenAlexW2120574320
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

Health care provision and health status in Ban Napho Refugee Camp is compared with that of the surrounding Nakhon Phanom Province for the year 1988. Records for the period 1984-88 were also examined to compare trends in health status. Personal experience of health services in the Camp and visits made to local schools and health facilities were also used in the comparison. Although direct comparison was difficult (because of the mobile nature of the camp population and problems to do with the interpretation of statistics), it was found that health care for refugees was more comprehensive, at a primary level, than for the Thai population of the surrounding Province. Access to primary health care facilities in the Camp was, moreover, easier and free of charge. This may explain the higher use of health facilities in the Camp but, despite this, health and nutritional status appeared to be worse in the Camp than in the Province. Possible reasons for the difference in reported health status and the use of facilities are discussed

Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Health services · Occupational safety and health · Political science · Population · Refugee · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Medicine · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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