Multimedia for decreasing spread of parasitic infection: Case study of hill tribes in Chiang Rai

Abstract

Recently, Parasitic Infection has been shown to be a major health concern in Chiang Rai. Thai Health organisations have been focusing on the more rural areas to help decrease parasitic spread and infection, through use of education and life style alterations. The majority of children of the young populous of whom live in rural areas lack adequate health knowledge and live on their rural beliefs and culture, which is often to the detriment of their standard of living. Presently locals still lack both technology and the tools necessary to reach a solid base of understanding of public health. In this study, we plan to implement multimedia with use of animation to create a set of versatile tools to alter the behavioral habits of local hill tribe-Karen with a secondary goal of improving IT skills for people in the rural area.