Community-based efforts in health promotion in indigenous villages on the Thailand-Myanmar border

• Published in: Reviews on environmental health Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 169 - 172
• Main Author: Suk, Ann N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 01.03.2016; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Subjects: CBPR; Community involvement; Community participation; Community-Based Participatory Research; Economic development; Environmental health; Environmental Health - education; Food; Food security; Gardening; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Human nutrition; Humans; indigenous; Livestock; NGO; NGOs; Nongovernmental organizations; Nutrition; participatory development; Partnerships; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural environments; Rural Population; Sanitation; Thailand; Villages; Thailand

This case study of mainly Karen and Mon communities in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand, offers insight into the challenges that these rural villages face with regard to food security and environmental health issues. As non-Thai communities, these villages receive little support from the Thai...