This study has brought together two seemingly socially extreme population
subgroups to compare their health and social well-being. These groups had in common
restricted living arrangements and aspirational enrollment. As well, they are part of the
population-based Thai Cohort Study (TCS) of 87,134 adult Open University students
residing throughout the country. Analysis was restricted to men aged 20–39 years resulting
in 711 monks, 195 prisoners and 29,713 other cohort members. For physical health, we
have found certain conditions such as tuberculosis or malaria much more common among
prisoners, while goiter and liver diseases were more common among monks. This could be
due to prison living arrangements for the former and region of residence for the latter. For
other social outcomes, lower trust, higher economic stress and lower personal well-being
was noted for prisoners compared to other groups. Findings here with regard to spirituality
and religion are encouraging with almost no difference reported between prisoners and
other cohort members implying that trust-building and other social intervention for prisoners
could be activated through prevalent religious beliefs and practices and with
continuing support from Thai prison authorities.
การศึกษาครั้งนี้ได้นำมารวมกันสองประชากรมากดูเหมือนสังคมกลุ่มย่อยเพื่อเปรียบเทียบสุขภาพของพวกเขาและสังคมเป็นอยู่ที่ดี This study has brought together two seemingly socially extreme population
subgroups to compare their health and social well-being. These groups had in common
restricted living arrangements and aspirational enrollment. As well, they are part of the
population-based Thai Cohort Study (TCS) of 87,134 adult Open University students
residing throughout the country. Analysis was restricted to men aged 20–39 years resulting
in 711 monks, 195 prisoners and 29,713 other cohort members. For physical health, we
have found certain conditions such as tuberculosis or malaria much more common among
prisoners, while goiter and liver diseases were more common among monks. This could be
due to prison living arrangements for the former and region of residence for the latter. For
other social outcomes, lower trust, higher economic stress and lower personal well-being
was noted for prisoners compared to other groups. Findings here with regard to spirituality
and religion are encouraging with almost no difference reported between prisoners and
other cohort members implying that trust-building and other social intervention for prisoners
could be activated through prevalent religious beliefs and practices and with
continuing support from Thai prison authorities.
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