Views: 1,412 | Downloads:
134
| Responses: 0
| XML | Respond to this article | Alert & updates | Request permissions | Email to a friend |
Original ArticleOpen Access
The Sustained and Holistic Health Care Program for the Priests Commemoration of His Majesty the King’s 60 Years Accession to the Throne (First Phase: February to June 2006)
Bhumisawasdi V 
,
Takerngdej S ,
Jenchitr W
,
Takerngdej S ,
Jenchitr W Objectives: To determine the health status and risk factors of the priests in 28 temples in central Bangkok.
Material and method: Recruiting priests to answer health related questionnaire, then screening by laboratory
testing and physical examination. Finally, setting an appointment to the specialists for consultation and
special investigation in the suspected and abnormal cases.
Results: In all the priests and novices, 64.8% were healthy, 17.74% were asymptomatic cases with risk factors,
and 17.47% had clinical diseases that require treatment.
Conclusion: Since almost 35 % of the priests and novices in central Bangkok have some health problems and
health risks, providing periodic physical check up and basic laboratory test for the priests is a compulsory
measure to fulfill the requirement of the health promotion policy and be a productive and effective Buddhist
successor.
Keywords: Health status, Risk factors, Health promotion, Physical check up and basic laboratory package,
Effective Buddhist successor
Material and method: Recruiting priests to answer health related questionnaire, then screening by laboratory
testing and physical examination. Finally, setting an appointment to the specialists for consultation and
special investigation in the suspected and abnormal cases.
Results: In all the priests and novices, 64.8% were healthy, 17.74% were asymptomatic cases with risk factors,
and 17.47% had clinical diseases that require treatment.
Conclusion: Since almost 35 % of the priests and novices in central Bangkok have some health problems and
health risks, providing periodic physical check up and basic laboratory test for the priests is a compulsory
measure to fulfill the requirement of the health promotion policy and be a productive and effective Buddhist
successor.
Keywords: Health status, Risk factors, Health promotion, Physical check up and basic laboratory package,
Effective Buddhist successor
Download:
PDF