Thai Computer Studies Student Teacher Complex Problem-Solving Skills Development: A Cooperative Learning Management Model

The research aim was to develop cooperative learning management (CLM) model using computational thinking (CT) and mind mapping techniques to promote Thai computer studies student-teacher (CSST) complex problem-solving skills (CPSS). The sample was 15 first-year CSSTs in the Faculty of Education's Computer Studies Department of Thailand's Thonburi Rajabhat University. The pre-study achievement test classified students into three levels (weak, moderate, or strong). Five experts were involved in the assessment of the CLM plan, which was determined to have a content validity index (CVI) at the highest level (mean = 4.00). They also evaluated the 21 indicator rubric scoring-type test tool for complex problem-solving skills (CPSS) and determined its CVI mean = 3.99. After a pilot test of 30 student teachers, a 42-item questionnaire was finalized. The final CPSS course involved five primary components within an eight-step process. The CSST used six sessions of four hours each. Results showed that the final course post-test score was 90.40 for all 15 student-teachers, significantly higher than the 70% achievement level setting

Second Trimester Genetic Amniocentesis at Secondary Center Hospital in Southern Thailand

Objectives: To evaluate the complications and outcomes of second trimester genetic amniocentesis in singleton pregnancy for prenatal diagnosis at secondary center hospital in Southern Thailand.Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study including singleton pregnancy that had been performed second trimester amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis at Phattalung Hospital between October 2007 and September 2012. The complications after the procedure, results of the diagnosis and outcomes of the pregnancy were reviewed. The data was shown in number and percentage.Results: A total of 2,626 medical data of genetic amniocentesis in singleton pregnancies were reviewed. The most common indication was advanced maternal age (94.4%), the other indication was couple at risk of severe thalassemia (4.8%). There were chromosome abnormalities (3.3%) and severe thalassemia major (0.9%). The most common chromosome abnormality was trisomy 21 0.8% (22 cases). Other chromosome abnormalities were trisomy 13, 18 and sex chromosome (0.9%). The failure rate of culture was 1.3%. The fetal loss rate was 0.3%, which occurred within 14 days post procedure. Conclusion: Second trimester genetic amniocentesis performed at secondary center hospital was a safe procedure with minimal complication

Factors Related to Preventive Behaviors Among Parent Caregivers of Children Under Five Years with Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Myanmar

Background: Acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) is the second-leading cause of death worldwide among children, especially among those aged <5 years. Thus, it is imperative to understand parent caregivers' perception of ARI and their preventive behaviors. Methods: This descriptive correlation study included 116 parent caregivers at an out-patient department of a 550-bedded Children Hospital, in Mandalay, Myanmar. The correlation between preventive behaviors and parent caregivers' perception on ARI was measured using Becker's Health Belief Model-based questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and spearmen's rank-order collection test were used for data analysis. Results: Our results revealed that parent caregivers' perception was at a moderate level, and preventive behaviors among parent caregivers were at a poor level during wellness and sickness conditions. The average score of the parent caregivers' preventive behaviors in ARI was 23.57 ± 3.22). Significant positive relationships were noted between perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and cues to action and preventive behaviors of parent caregivers (p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.05, and p < 0.01, respectively). Conclusion: The results supported the health belief model: Health care personnel should provide a theory-based health education program toward improving the parent caregivers' preventive behaviors with ARI children

The Effect of a Child Model on Breath-Sounds Examination Skills and Satisfaction on Nursing Students

One of nursing students’ auscultation critical skills is listening to a child’s breathing sounds. Previously, learning this skill required a SimBaby, which was insufficient, causing nursing students to lack proficiency. Therefore, a CHIld Model (CHIM), an innovation emulating breathing sounds, has been invented based on Gagné’s learning theory to solve this insufficiency. This article reports on the CHIM invention, consisting of hardware, software, and programming, and its effect on nursing students’ breath-sounds examination skills and satisfaction. First, the CHIM was assessed for quality and satisfaction by experts. The results were good in quality and had the highest satisfaction for application in actual use. Second, the CHIM was assessed for auscultation skills and satisfaction among nursing students. Forty-four junior nursing students participated. Next, they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Then, both were taught the same about respiratory problems with the SimBaby, except the experimental group had training with the CHIM. After that, both groups’ auscultation skills and satisfaction in the experimental group were examined. Finally, the statistical analysis showed that after the intervention was applied, learning with the CHIM was better than without, with the highest satisfaction level. As intended, the CHIM can help effectively enhance students’ learning and proficiency

Chronic stress and psychological well-being: Evidence from Thailand on household crowding

This paper examines the effect of one form of chronic stress--household crowding--on psychological well-being, as measured by multiple inverse indicators of psychological well-being. We rely on data from a large (n = 2017) random sample of households in Bangkok, Thailand, a context that has a higher level and broader range of crowding than typically found in the United States. Objective household crowding is found to be detrimental to psychological well-being, controlling for a number of background characteristics. The effect of objective crowding is mediated by subjective crowding, which has strong, consistent and direct detrimental effects on well-being. There is no evidence of a gender effect. Extended family households are not uncommon in Bangkok, but the effects of objective and subjective crowding are similar in both two- and three-generation households, as well as in one- and multiple-couple households. The argument that subjective crowding is an effect, rather than a cause, of psychological well-being is examined and rejected. The findings suggest that crowding, as a chronic source of stress, constitutes a major threat to psychological well-being. Although the empirical analyses are based on data from one city, we frame the issue of household crowding in a historical and theoretical context in order to suggest in which cultural settings household crowding is most likely to have detrimental effects on psychological well-being.household crowding stress mental health Thailand

Housing, stress, and physical well-being: Evidence from Thailand

The proposition that poor housing and congested living conditions have a detrimental impact on health has been promulgated for at least 150 years. At a minimum, two major causal mechanisms are thought to be involved in the relationship between crowding and physical health. First, high levels of household crowding can produce stress that leads to illness. Second, through shared physical proximity, household congestion contributes to the spread of communicable disease. The outcomes can be exacerbated by poor quality housing. A significant body of research, conducted primarily in affluent countries, has documented the detrimental effects of housing conditions on a variety of illnesses, including various contagious diseases. Poor housing has even been linked to high infant and adult mortality rates. The view that poor housing conditions and household crowding inevitably leads to poor health is challenged, however, by several observers, who question the role played by both crowding and housing quality. Most existing research has been conducted in affluent countries. Little is known, however, about the nature of these relationships within the context of less developed countries, where health status and housing quality are generally much poorer and where levels of household crowding are generally higher. Determination of the effects, if any, of housing quality--including household crowding--on physical health in developing countries is particularly important given the rapid growth of their urban populations and the difficulty of increasing the physical infrastructure fast enough to keep pace with this growth. This paper reports on an investigation of the impact of housing conditions and household crowding in the context of one developing country, Thailand. Using data from a representative sample of households in Bangkok (N=2017), our results provide reason for some skepticism regarding the influence on housing on health, at least in its objective dimensions. While the skepticism of some is based on a reading of the evidence in Western countries, we likewise find that, in Bangkok, objective indicators of housing quality and household crowding are little related to health. We do find, however, that subjective aspects of housing and of crowding, especially housing satisfaction and a felt lack of privacy, have detrimental effects on health. Furthermore, psychological distress is shown to have a potent influence on the physical health of Bangkokians. Our analyses suggest that all three factors have independent effects on health outcomes bearing on both men and women.housing quality household crowding physical well-being stress Thailand