ArticleHealth policy and planning2017
Migrant tuberculosis patient needs and health system response along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
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- Barriers and facilitators of tuberculosis treatment among immigrants: an integrative review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Community health workers and health equity in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice.International journal for equity in health · 2022Pooled it
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- Strengthening Tuberculosis Control Among Migrant Workers.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- The impact of the health microinsurance M-FUND on the utilization of health services among migrant workers and their dependents in Thailand: A case-control study.Journal of migration and health · 2024Article
- Fever and health-seeking behaviour among migrants living along the Thai-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- A Systematic Scoping Review on Migrant Health Coverage in Thailand.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Universal access to comprehensive COVID-19 services for everyone in Thailand.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Cross-sectional study of nutritional intake among patients undergoing tuberculosis treatment along the Myanmar-Thailand border.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Under the Mask: A Film on Tuberculosis at the Thai-Myanmar Border.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Low-Wage Agricultural Migrant Workers in Apulian Ghettos, Italy: General Health Conditions Assessment and HIV Screening.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Article
- Case Study of Tobacco Use among Myanmar Migrant Factory Workers in the Seafood Industry in Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Changes in health-related quality of life and the associated factors among Myanmar migrants with tuberculosis: a cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Understanding the Problem of Access to Public Health Insurance Schemes among Cross-Border Migrants in Thailand through Systems Thinking.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
This article aims to identify how the health system in Tak province, Thailand has responded to migrants' barriers to tuberculosis (TB) treatment. Our qualitatively driven multi-methods project utilized focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a survey of community health volunteers to collect data in 2014 from multiple perspectives. Migrants identified legal status and transportation difficulties as the primary barriers to seeking TB treatment. Lack of financial resources and difficulties locating appropriate and affordable health services in other Thai provinces or across the border in Myanmar further contributed to migrants' challenges. TB care providers responded to barriers to treatment by bringing care out into the community, enhancing patient mobility, providing supportive services, and reaching out to potential patients. Interventions to improve migrant access and adherence to TB treatment necessarily extend outside of the health system and require significant resources to expand equitable access to treatment. Although this research is specific to the Thailand-Myanmar border, we anticipate that the findings will contribute to broader conversations around the inputs that are necessary to address disparities and inequities. Our study suggests that migrants need to be provided with resources that help stabilize their financial situation and overcome difficulties associated with their legal status in order to access and continue TB treatment.
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