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Peter Kunstadter, Ph.D., University
of California San Francisco and Chalee Juntakanbandit Ph.D.,
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Co-Principal Investigators, Other investigators include Ajarn
Suriya Smutkupt, Wannee Ritwongsakul, RN,
International Rescue Committee, and Khun Chanon Phutthichachanya and Khun Rung Chaikaeothi.
This applied research project is a part of Roll Back
Malaria activities in the Mekong Basin
countries supported by the Western Pacific Regional office of WHO and the Asian Development Bank. It will contribute to the design of
culturally appropriate interventions for control of malaria in different
ethnic groups.
The project has two main parts: (1) qualitative and
quantitative data collection and analysis on malaria and malaria control in
rural areas of the Thailand – Myanmar border of Tak
Province, Thailand, with emphasis on both legal residents and “undocumented”
migrants from Myanmar and their health care providers; and (2) field training
of participants from China, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam in
behavioral research methods using the same fieldwork sites.
Data collection on malaria-related behavior and cultural
features of Thai citizens (ethnic Hmong, Karen and
Thai) began in February 2004 and will expand to include migrants from Burma
in April 2004. Field training is
planned for January 2005 if funds are available for training and for parallel
research in the other countries.
For further details contact:
Peter
Kunstadter, Ph.D. arttown@itsa.ucsf.edu or
Chalee Juntakanbandit, Ph.D. jun_chalee@hotmail.com
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