MOTHERS’ WORK RELATED TO INFANT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN THAILAND
Infant mortality is an indicator reflecting the development and
health levels of countries. Due to reduce trend of mortality, morbidity is
significant concern from policy maker, public health workers and demographers.
Since a mother is the key person to lessen health problem of her children in
early life, the relationship between mother and child in those years might
affect an infant’s illness and death as well as their later life. According to
Mosley and Chen’s analytical framework(1984), Briggs’ multiple exposures
multiple effects(2003), and UNICEF’s the basic and underlying causes of
undernutrition(2007) are the most prominent key for the study of child survival
in developing countries, this study was based on them. Due to the
socio-economic development of Thailand, increasing proportions of working age
mothers share the family’s burden. As a result, the work of mothers could
influence their infants’ illness. This study will examine the causal
relationship of mothers’ work on infant morbidity and infant mortality in
Thailand. Within the mothers working activities, the mother’s employment
status, and her occupational categories might show causal relationship with
health of infants. To examine this relationship, the prospective cohort study of Thai children (PCTC) was employed. The benefits
of this study are: an intensify role of state to support working mother in the
work place; enhance role of conventional medicine to help decrease number of
adverse infant health; and increase role of family for understand the balancing
between infant care and working status of mothers.
By Cartoon (Abstract of thesis proposal defense examination on June, 28, 2012)
