HEALTH RISK CONTROL PLAN
HEALTH RISK CONTROL PLAN
In addition to tobacco and alcohol, two main risk factors with significant impacts on Thai people, , unsafe sexual intercourse is another significant risk factor, especially for women. Research indicates that in 2012 53 out of every 1,000 women (ages 15 to 19) became pregnant. In addition, there are up to 10 girls less than 15 years of age who become “child mothers” each day. Unplanned pregnancy among teenagers poses both short and long-term impacts, both to individuals and their families. The rate of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers in Thailand is also increasing rapidly at present, rising from 62.8 cases per 100,000 in 2008 to 90.1 in 2012.
In addition to unsafe sexual intercourse, changing environments, mental health problems, stressful lifestyles, and weak consumer protection affect the health of Thai people.
Focus Areas of Plan
1) Sexual Health Promotion Plan
1.1 Prevention and Solutions to Teenage Pregnancies
Development of sex education for children and youth.
Communication campaigns to encourage teenagers to delay the onset of sexual intercourse.
Support for pilot provinces to work with relevant sectors in accordance with nine missions.
1.2 Prevention and Reduction of New HIV Cases
Promotion of 100% condom use and other prevention measures in pilot provinces.
2) Mental Health Promotion Plan
Improvements in reliability indicators and surveying systems.
Development of measures and targets to drive mental health promotion for the entire nation.
Integration of existing knowledge sets, tools, and funding for mental health promotion plans into other ThaiHealth work plans.
3) Environmental Health Promotion Plan
Coordinate relevant stakeholders from all sectors to jointly determine targets and leverage points for solving problems.
Advocate for new policies and laws or amendments of existing laws (e.g. amending the National Environmental Quality Act B.E. 2535).
Enhancements in the capacity of new generations of environmentalists.
Enhancements in the capacity of sub-district administrative organizations and communities.
4) Consumer Health Promotion and Medicine System Development Plan
Advocacy for the Independent Organization for Consumer Protection Act.
Creation of a civil society organization that will provide consumer protection
Development of academic networks to collect information, management of knowledge sets, prioritize and manage criteria for dangerous products
Support academic institutions in monitoring and knowledge management related to consumer protection and medical systems.
MEDIA
MEDIA
By encouraging young folks to read as children can be a foundation of learning and creativity for the rest of their life while building up their personality in every aspect. The reading campaign supported by ThaiHealth has been launched under the concept of “Reading in Wonderland: The Miracle of Reading” Mrs Sutjai Promkerd, manager of ThaiHealth reading project, said that this campaign has been organised to urge everybody to see how reading can be crucial to child development and how it provides chances to exchange knowledge, increase the potential for the academic network. She stated that “From my experience, the most serious problem we found is that children have slow linguistic development. Language is the most important basic of life because if children can’t communicate, it can affect them both mentally and emotionally. However, this problem can be prevented by people reading them some storybooks.” She also said that, the research of small child development by the Department of Health since 1999 to 2014 found that Thai children were struggling to develop, but declined continuously. The latest report on 3rd grade students in Thailand had difficulties in writing and reading up to 38.2%. Among them, 5% couldn’t read or white at all, while more than 30% could read and write in some extent. This could become...
