Wiwanitkit Viroj
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn, Bangkok, Thailand.
Rural Remote Health. 2007 Apr-Jun;7(2):599. Epub 2007 May 23.
Iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) is an important health problem in Thailand. Due to the geographical limitation of marine salt distribution, the Northern and Northeastern regions of Thailand are endemic areas of this disorder. In this study, a cross-sectional survey on the domestic use of iodine-enriched salt by the people in a rural village, Non Sam Ran, Borabue district, Mahasarakarm province in the northeastern region of Thailand was conducted. A salt survey was undertaken in the village, involving the specific health knowledge of both primary school students and their parents, and including a home visit with kitchen salt sampling. As a result of this survey, despite the smallness of the sample, concern is raised regarding the application of public health information about IDD due to a taste preference for non-iodised salt, and the quality control of the manufacture of iodine-fortified salt.
碘缺乏症（IDD）是泰国一个重要的健康问题。由于海盐分布的地理限制，泰国北部和东北部地区是该疾病的流行地区。在本研究中，对泰国东北部玛哈沙拉堪府博拉武县农萨姆兰村村民家庭使用加碘盐的情况进行了横断面调查。在该村开展了一项食盐调查，涉及小学生及其家长的特定健康知识，包括入户进行厨房食盐采样。这项调查的结果显示，尽管样本量较小，但由于对非碘盐的口味偏好以及碘强化盐生产的质量控制问题，引发了对碘缺乏症公共卫生信息应用情况的关注。
