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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dym161
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2007; all rights reserved.

Cohort Profile: The Thai Cohort of 87 134 Open University students

Adrian C Sleigh1,*, Sam-ang Seubsman2, Chris Bain3 and the Thai Cohort Study Team{dagger}

1National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2Thai Health-Risk Transition Study, School of Human Ecology, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
3School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
4National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand.
5Ministry of Public Health, Thailand.
6Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chieng Mai University, Chieng Mai, Thailand.

* Corresponding author. NCEPH, ANU, Canberra 0200, Australia. E-mail: adrian.sleigh@anu.edu.au

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Public health researchers from Thailand's Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU), Chiang Mai University, Ministry of Public Health and National Economic and Social Development Board, and two Australian universities (Australian National University and University of Queensland) are collaborating to study the Thai health-risk transition. The project was funded by the International Collaborative Research Grants Scheme developed by the Wellcome Trust (UK) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). These 5-year grants stimulated regional research collaboration and capacity-building for significant public health topics.

One component of the research involves analysis of historical multi-level health risks and demographic and health outcomes over the last 50 years;1 this study refined our conceptual model as the work progressed (Figure 1). A second component is post-graduate training for three Thais and two Australians to research aspects of the health-risk transition for PhDs, and for four Thais based at STOU to complete . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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