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Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of methamphetamine use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence are high in lowland Thai society. Despite increasing social and cultural mixing among residents of highland and lowland Thai societies, however, little is known about methamphetamine use among ethnic m...

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Autores principales: Kobori, Eiko, Visrutaratna, Surasing, Maeda, Yuko, Wongchai, Siriporn, Kada, Akiko, Ono-Kihara, Masako, Hayami, Yoko, Kihara, Masahiro
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19445678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-9-11
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author Kobori, Eiko
Visrutaratna, Surasing
Maeda, Yuko
Wongchai, Siriporn
Kada, Akiko
Ono-Kihara, Masako
Hayami, Yoko
Kihara, Masahiro
author_facet Kobori, Eiko
Visrutaratna, Surasing
Maeda, Yuko
Wongchai, Siriporn
Kada, Akiko
Ono-Kihara, Masako
Hayami, Yoko
Kihara, Masahiro
author_sort Kobori, Eiko
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description BACKGROUND: The prevalence of methamphetamine use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence are high in lowland Thai society. Despite increasing social and cultural mixing among residents of highland and lowland Thai societies, however, little is known about methamphetamine use among ethnic minority villagers in the highlands. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey examined Karen villagers from a developed and a less-developed village on February 24 and March 26, 2003 to evaluate the prevalence and social correlates of methamphetamine use in northern Thailand. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The response rate was 79.3% (n = 548). In all, 9.9% (males 17.6%, females 1.7%) of villagers reported methamphetamine use in the previous year. Methamphetamine was used mostly by males and was significantly related to primary or lower education; to ever having worked in town; to having used opium, marijuana, or heroin in the past year; and to ever having been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). CONCLUSION: Since labor migration to towns is increasingly common among ethnic minorities, the prevention of methamphetamine use and of HIV/STI infection among methamphetamine users should be prioritized to prevent HIV in this minority population in Thailand.
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spelling pubmed-26941432009-06-09 Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study Kobori, Eiko Visrutaratna, Surasing Maeda, Yuko Wongchai, Siriporn Kada, Akiko Ono-Kihara, Masako Hayami, Yoko Kihara, Masahiro BMC Int Health Hum Rights Research article BACKGROUND: The prevalence of methamphetamine use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence are high in lowland Thai society. Despite increasing social and cultural mixing among residents of highland and lowland Thai societies, however, little is known about methamphetamine use among ethnic minority villagers in the highlands. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey examined Karen villagers from a developed and a less-developed village on February 24 and March 26, 2003 to evaluate the prevalence and social correlates of methamphetamine use in northern Thailand. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: The response rate was 79.3% (n = 548). In all, 9.9% (males 17.6%, females 1.7%) of villagers reported methamphetamine use in the previous year. Methamphetamine was used mostly by males and was significantly related to primary or lower education; to ever having worked in town; to having used opium, marijuana, or heroin in the past year; and to ever having been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). CONCLUSION: Since labor migration to towns is increasingly common among ethnic minorities, the prevention of methamphetamine use and of HIV/STI infection among methamphetamine users should be prioritized to prevent HIV in this minority population in Thailand. BioMed Central 2009-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2694143/ /pubmed/19445678 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-9-11 Text en Copyright ©2009 Kobori et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research article
Kobori, Eiko
Visrutaratna, Surasing
Maeda, Yuko
Wongchai, Siriporn
Kada, Akiko
Ono-Kihara, Masako
Hayami, Yoko
Kihara, Masahiro
Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title_full Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title_fullStr Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title_short Methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic Karen minority in northern Thailand: a cross sectional study
title_sort methamphetamine use and correlates in two villages of the highland ethnic karen minority in northern thailand: a cross sectional study
topic Research article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2694143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19445678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-9-11
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