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Publications in peer-reviewed journals

1) SES and BMI – In press Journal of Epidemiology
Seubsman S, Lim L, Banwell C, Sripaiboonkij N, Kelly M, Bain C, Sleigh A. Socioeconomic Status, Sex and Obesity in a Large Adult Open University Cohort in Thailand. Journal of Epidemiology, 2009. abstract

2) Breast Cancer in the Thai Cohort – In press The Breast
Jordan S, Lim L, Vilainerun V, Banks E, Sripaiboonkij N, Seubsman S, Sleigh A, Bain C. Breast cancer in the Thai Cohort Study: an exploratory case-control analysis. The Breast, 2009. abstract

3) Smoking in the cohort – In Press Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
Pachanee C, Lim L, Bain C, Wibulpolprasert S, Seubsman S, Sleigh A. Smoking behaviour among 84,315 open-university students in Thailand, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2009. abstract

4) Work and Health Transition – In Press International Labour Review
Kelly, M, Strazdins L, Dellora T, Seubsman S, Khamman S, Sleigh A. Thailand’s Work and Health Transition. International Labour Review, 2009. abstract

5) Tracking health inequality in Thailand – Published Annals of Epidemiology
Yiengprugsawan V, Lim L, Carmichael G, Seubsman S, Sleigh A. Tracking and composing health and disease inequality in Thailand. 2009, Annals of Epidemiology 2009, epub doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.04.009 abstract

6) Cultural resistance to fast food consumption – Published International Journal of Consumer Studies
Seubsman S, Kelly M, Yuthapornpinit P, Sleigh A. Cultural resistance to fast food consumption? A study of youth in North Eastern Thailand, International Journal of Consumer Studies 2009, epub doi: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00795.x abstract

7)  BMI and health behaviours – Published Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Banwell C, Lim L, Seubsman S, Bain C, Dixon J, Sleigh A. Body Mass index and Health Related Behaviours in a national cohort of 87,134 Thai Open University Students. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009;63:366-372. abstract

8) Height Transition – Published Journal of Epidemiology
Seubsman S, Sleigh A. Change in Mean Height of Thai Military Recruits from 1972 through 2006. Journal of Epidemiology, 2009;19(4):196-201 abstract

9) Urbanisation and the health transition – Published Global Health Action
Lim L, Kjellstrom T, Sleigh A, Khamman S, Seubsman S, Dixon J, Banwell C. Associations between urbanisation and components of the health-risk transition in Thailand. A descriptive study of 87,000 Thai adults. Global Health Action, 2009, epub, DOI: 10.3402/gha.v52i0.1914 abstract

10) Health Risk Study for Policy Making – Published Journal of Economics and Society
Khamman S. Health risk study: guidelines for policy making and future investment. Journal of Economics and Society, 2009, 45(2):69 - 75, (Thai language with English Summary). abstract

11) Thai SF36 Survey Validity – Published Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Lim L, Seubsman S, Sleigh A. Thai SF36 health survey: tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and validity in healthy men and women. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2008, 6(52) doi:10.1186/1477-7525-6-52 abstract

12) Demographic disequilibrium – Published Asian Population Studies
Gordon A Carmichael. Demographic Disequilibrium in Early twentieth Century Thailand: Falling Mortality, Rising Fertility or both? Asian Population Studies 2008.Vol.4, No. 2. 161-176. abstract

13) Cohort Profile – Published International Journal of Epidemiology
Sleigh A, Seubsman S, Bain C, and the Thai Cohort Study Team. Int J Epidemiol, 2008;37:266-272. abstract

14) Inequity in self reported morbidity and self rated health – Published International Journal for Equity in Health
Yiengprugsawan V, Lim L, Carmichael G, Sidorenko A, Sleigh A. Measuring and decomposing inequity in self-reported morbidity and self-assessed health in Thailand. International Journal for Equity in Health 2007, 6:23 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-6-23 abstract

15) Dietary diversity in Khon Kaen – Published International Journal of Epidemiology
Dixon J, Banwell C, Seubsman S, Friel S, MacLennan R. Dietary Diversity in Khon Kaen, 1988-2006. Int J Epidemiol 2007, 36:518-521. abstract

16) Birthing Transition in Thailand – Published International Midwifery
Haora P, Thadakant S. Birthing and the Birthing Transition in Thailand. International Midwifery; 2006,19(4). No abstract as it is a brief report.

17) Housing and Health Transition – Published Review of Environmental Health
Friel S, McMichael AJ, Kjellstrom T, Prapamontol T. Housing and Health Transition in Thailand.  Rev Environ Health, 2004, 19(3-4);311-327 abstract

Books and book chapters

Seubsman, S. Dixon, J., Suttinan, P., Banwell, C. (2009) “Thai meals”, Chapter in Herbert L. Meiselman (ed) Meals in Science and Practice: Interdisciplinary research and business applications, Woodhead Publishing; Cambridge, UK. ISBN 978-1439801062

Seubsman S 2007. Maintaining your health with the Thai Health-Risk Transition Project. STOU Press; Nonthaburi (In Thai), 100pp.

Seubsman S, Vilainerun D, Khamman S, Somboonsook B, Prapamontol T. Look Back Study on the Thai Health-Risk Transition. Nonthaburi: Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University Press, 2007 (In Thai with English summary) ISBN 978-974-9943-66-3, 303 pp.

Newspaper Articles Published in Thailand - 2006

These articles were published in the educational supplement of a national broadsheet newspaper (Khom Chad Luek) used by STOU to reach its students regularly. The articles were intended to provide context and feedback to the cohort as part of the study approach to maintaining contact before an overall report of the baseline findings was sent to all cohort members in 2007.

Food safety and botulism in Thailand. Sam-ang Seubsman
Food Glorious (Thai) Food! Sam-ang Seubsman
A strong heart. Sam-ang Seubsman
Health Risk Transition articles (5) Adrian Sleigh
Environment articles (3) Tord Kjellstrom
Obesity article Boonchai Somboonsook
The power of the plastic bag in the modern Thai diet. Jane Dixon & Cathy Banwell
The birth of a strong nation. Penny Haora
English
Thai
Protecting Our Teenagers. Arunrat Tangmunkongvorakul
English