Thailand

NAME OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Porapakkham, Yawarat

YEAR ESTABLISHED: 1982

NAME OF INSTITUTION: ASEAN Institute for Health Development

TITLE OF HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION: Director

ADDRESS: 25/25 Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Salaya, Nakhon Chaisi, Nakhon Pathom 73170

COUNTRY: Thailand

TELEPHONE NUMBER: 441-9040 through 43

TELEX NUMBER: 8477 UNIMAHI TH

FAX NUMBER: 441-9044

NAME OF PARENT ORGANIZATION: Mahidol University

LANGUAGES: Thai, English

OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTION: To facilitate training, research and models for PHC/QOL development in both rural and urban settings. To develop facilitics, technologics, materials, methods and programmes to meet the training needs of target groups in Thailand and the Southeast Asia region as well as other Asian, Pacific and African countries. To establish national and international networks in PHC/QOL in order to share and/or exchange resources, experiences and information to promote the development of PHC/QOL.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: primary health care, quality of life, health and development

AREAS OF TRAINING AVAILABLE: participatory action research, primary health care/QOL development, health planning and management, health services system, family planning administration, management information system, community based integrated development

TYPE OF INSTITUTE: Governmental Non-governmental

International/Intergovernment

FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTION: information centre, professional association, research institute, university, training centre

NUMBER OF STAFF: 80

CURRENT PROJECTS: Natural machanisms for strengthening the role of women in development; An evaluation of traditional medicine development : A campaign on Thai massage; Situation and policy study on disadvantaged children; Socio-cultural change and political development in Thailand, 1950-1990; Preliminary field research and disaster situation in southern Thailand.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: The political economy of primary health care in southeast Asia; Research project on basic need and health for all 2000; Primary health care in Thailand; Trends and reflections for health and development; Primary health care development; Information system for primary health care and quality of life development; Primary environmental care; The social and political challenges of the primary health care movement in the developing nations of Asia; A seminar on islam and national development; Primary health care : A continuing challenge; The situation analysis and community assessment on: Primary health care, maternal and child health and family planning, essential medical care and community cevelopment in Chanthaburi province

CONFERENCE & SEMINAR ORGANIZED: International Experts Symposium on Leadership Development for Quality of Life in the Asia and Pacific Region : The Challenge of a New Decade, 1-3 Aug. 1989; Seventh International Consultative Meeting on a Decade of Primary Health Care Development in the ASEAN Region : Progress and Prospects for an Integrated Future, 20-24 Mar. 1989; Sixth International Consultative Meeting on Appropriate Technology for Primary Health Care/Quality of Life Development, 7-11 Mar. 1988; Fourth International Consultative Meeting on Information Systems for Primary Health Care/Quality of Life Development, 1-31 Oct. 1987

COMPUTER FACILITIES: micro computer, printer, scanner, mouse

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: mailing lists,

bibliographic information, budgeting and planning,

desk-top publishing, word processing

SIZE OF DOCUMENT COLLECTION: 3,500 books and monographs, 130 journal titles, videotape u-matic, videotape VHS, audio tape, sound slide synchronized

INDEXING TOOLS USED: NLM; LC

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED: NLM; LC

CATALOGING RULES USED: AACR 2

MEMBER OF NATIONAL POPIN?: Yes

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