The Accession To Health Services For Migrant Workers: A Case Study Of Mueang District Nakhon Pathom Province.

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey research was to study an accession to health services for migrant workers: A case study of Mueang District Nakhon Pathom Province. The sample consisted of 305 Myanmar migrant workers, registered in Muang District, Nakhon Pathom Province, not less than 6 months, aged 15 years and over. Sample size was calculated using reliability with 95 confidence intervals, and simple random sampling. This research was conducted during March 2021 in 3 sub-districts in Muang district, Nakhon Pathom Province. Data were collected by using questionnaires. Check the content validity with the CVI of 1.00. The reliability of questionnaires about data access factor, access to health checks and health insurance factor, and Migrant workers' access to health services by Cronbach's alpha coefficient were .89, .95 and .97 respectively. Data were analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.   The results revealed that the access to health services of migrant workers in overall were at high level (= 3.83, SD = 0.68).  Consideration in the item, it was found that traveling to receive health services were at the highest level (= 4.70, SD = 0.75), followed by obtaining health care knowledge (= 4.59, SD = 0.83).  And found that factors related to access to health services of migrant workers statistically significant at the .05 level were: Factors of access to information for migrant workers in the field of public relations documents. There was a moderate positive correlation (r = 0.491) and access to health check-up and health insurance factors in terms of providing health insurance for children aged > 7 years and purchasing health insurance (r = 0.393 and 0.368 respectively).