Piyaporn Wangroongsarb|Wichai Satimai|Amnat Khamsiriwatchara|Julie Thwing|James Eliades|Jaranit Kaewkungwal|C Delacollette
Respondent-driven sampling on the Thailand-Cambodia border. II. Knowledge, perception, practice and treatment-seeking behaviour of migrants in malaria endemic zones
Ministry of Public Health|Ministry of Public Health|Biophics|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|World Health Organization - Pakistan|Mahidol University|Rajavithi Hospital|Biophics|World Health Organization - Pakistan|Mahidol University|Rajavithi Hospital
population movements along thailandcambodia border particularly among highly mobile hardtoaccess migrant groups cambodia myanmar assumed play key role spread artemisinin resistance data treatmentseeking behaviours knowledge perceptions malaria use preventive measures lacking characteristics population prevent represented routine surveillance lack sampling frame makes reliable surveys challenginga survey migrant populations cambodia myanmar implemented five selected rural locations thailand along thaicambodian border using respondent driven sampling rds determine demographic characteristics population migratory patterns knowledge malaria healthcare seeking behavioursthe majority migrants myanmar longterm residents 98 plans move back myanmar understand spoken thai 77 therefore benefit health messages thai thai health insurance 99 accessed public health services thailand 63 last illness comparison majority cambodian migrants shortterm 72 shortterm cambodian migrants 92 work agriculture 18 speak thai 34 thai health insurance majority returned cambodia treatment 45 selftreated 11 seek treatment last illness 27most highly mobile migrants along thaicambodia border accessing health messages health treatment thailand increasing risk malaria facilitating spread potentially resistant plasmodium falciparum return cambodia seek treatment reaching highly mobile migrants health messaging understand malaria diagnosis treatment services access imperative effort contain spread artemisininresistant p falciparum