Thai Health-Risk Transition: a National Cohort Study

     Health research on the Thai population titled the "Thai Health-Risk Transition: A National Cohort Study" (TCS)  was funded by the Wellcome Trust of United Kingdom, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and Health research Council of New Zealand. It is conducted by the Department of Human Ecology at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) and the National Centre for Epidemiology & Populaton Health (NCEPH) at the Australian National University (ANU) in collaboration with Thai researchers from Chiang Mai University , the Ministry of Public Health, the Office of National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), and Australian researchers from University of Queensland .

     The research was established with an aim to investigate the complexity of health risk transition in Thailand and use it as a guideline for policy making on public health and health promotion.This study is conducted by following a large cohort group of 100,000 STOU students scattered all over the country and from all level of socio-economic, environment, and behavioral background, which truly represent the country's population in general.

     The TCS has launched questionnaires by mail and will collect data for analysis in order to identify all health risks. In the meantime reports will be presented preriodically until the fifth year then a second launch of the original questionnaires will be mailed out to former respondents to determinet how their health has changed.