Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journa...

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Main Authors:	Aye Myat Myat Win, Sang-arun Usaramalai, Phen Sukmag
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University 2020
Subjects:	Policy literacy Barriers Accessibility Health care services Migrant workers
Online Access:	http://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/uploads/asr_journal_list_index/328756055.pdf http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68637
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-686372020-05-20T04:41:50Z Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand Aye Myat Myat Win Sang-arun Usaramalai Phen Sukmag Policy literacy Barriers Accessibility Health care services Migrant workers ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journal of social Sciences and Humanities, which was later restyled as ASR in 2014, and began publishing online in 2015. Documented migrants working in formal sectors in Thailand are entitled to the Social Security Scheme. However, they often experience barriers and have limited literacy to access health care. Migrants with limited policy literacy have difficulty in accessing available health care services and this condition worsens in combination with various barriers. Little is known about health care accessibility under this scheme. This study aims to explore levels of policy literacy, barriers, accessibility and predictability of personal factors, policy literacy and barriers on accessibility to health care services among Myanmar migrant workers. A structured questionnaire with closed and open-ended questions was employed to collect data among 2 40 participants recruited with purposive sampling from five factories in Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province. Socio-demographic characteristics, policy literacy, barriers and health care accessibility were presented descriptively. Stepwise linear regression was used to test the predictability of personal factors, policy literacy and barriers on health care services accessibility. Open-ended questions were analyzed with simple content analysis. Migrants had low levels in total scores of policy literacy, barriers and health care accessibility. Although overall individual barriers were found to have low level, there was moderate level in overall system barriers among migrants. Policy literacy (B = 0.53) and barriers (B = -0.28) were able to predict accessibility to health care services. Findings indicated that actions to improve health care access, enhance policy literacy and reduce barriers are needed among Myanmar migrant workers. 2020-05-20T04:41:50Z 2020-05-20T04:41:50Z 2019 ASR: Chiang Mai University.Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 6,1 (Jan- 2019), p.41-57 2465-4329 http://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/uploads/asr_journal_list_index/328756055.pdf http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68637 Eng Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University
institution	Chiang Mai University
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country	Thailand Thailand
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language	English
topic	Policy literacy Barriers Accessibility Health care services Migrant workers
spellingShingle	Policy literacy Barriers Accessibility Health care services Migrant workers Aye Myat Myat Win Sang-arun Usaramalai Phen Sukmag Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
description	ASR (Asian Social Research) was first launched in 2014 by Chiang Mai University. However, it has a longer history, with its genesis in 2002 as part of Chiang Mai University Journal.This journal was split into two in 2007, with the formation of ASR's predecessor, the Chiang Mai University Journal of social Sciences and Humanities, which was later restyled as ASR in 2014, and began publishing online in 2015.
author	Aye Myat Myat Win Sang-arun Usaramalai Phen Sukmag
author_facet	Aye Myat Myat Win Sang-arun Usaramalai Phen Sukmag
author_sort	Aye Myat Myat Win
title	Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
title_short	Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
title_full	Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
title_fullStr	Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
title_full_unstemmed	Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand
title_sort	policy literacy and barriers impact on accessibility to health care services under social security scheme among myanmar migrant workers in thailand
publisher	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Chiang Mai University
publishDate	2020
url	http://cmuj.cmu.ac.th/uploads/asr_journal_list_index/328756055.pdf http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/68637
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Policy Literacy and Barriers Impact on Accessibility to Health Care Services under Social Security Scheme among Myanmar Migrant Workers in Thailand

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