Bangkok Noi District Electronic Health Database With Socioeconomic Factors From Bangkok Noi Model Project (BANMOP)

Overview

Bangkoknoi Model Project (BANMOP) is guided by context-specific health databases to promote the sustainable health and well-being of people living in the Bangkoknoi district. The BANMOP is a prospective cohort project that emphasizes community engagement via electronic databases. Data were collected from households in Bangkoknoi district. Convenience sampling was used and the data were collected via mobile application and a web-based platform, and by face-to-face interviews with well-trained volunteers who were mainly health professionals. The data were categorized by age groups: 0-5, 6-14, 15-21, 22-59, \>60 years old, included both individuals and families in five categories: health, environment \& disaster, economics, social, and safety.

A total of 21,286 participants from 42 Bangkoknoi communities accounted for 16.08% of total population of Bangkoknoi district were participated. Forty percent of participants reported having physical health problems. Noncommunicable diseases were dominated by physical health issues as age progressed. Overall, hypertension was the most prevalent health problem at 12.6 % followed by allergic diseases (11%), diabetes mellitus (7.5%), and dyslipidemia (6.1%). Anxiety was the most common mental disorder and gender income disparity is an important issue. Although, 91.6% of participants satisfied with their home environment, but the crowded, cluttered, urban environment caused their dissatisfaction. Forty-two percent reported the problems related to reproductive health such as teen pregnancy (16.72%), family planning and marriage guidance (12.74%), premature sexual transmitted diseases (8.96%) and infertility (3.78%). Subsequently, 17 sub-projects were established to promote the sustainable health and well-being of people in the Bangkoknoi district.

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