National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University Building 62-National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Acton, Canberra, 2601, Australia.
J Relig Health. 2012 Sep;51(3):925-33. doi: 10.1007/s10943-010-9410-3.
This study has brought together two seemingly socially extreme population subgroups to compare their health and social well-being. These groups had in common restricted living arrangements and aspirational enrollment. As well, they are part of the population-based Thai Cohort Study (TCS) of 87,134 adult Open University students residing throughout the country. Analysis was restricted to men aged 20-39 years resulting in 711 monks, 195 prisoners and 29,713 other cohort members. For physical health, we have found certain conditions such as tuberculosis or malaria much more common among prisoners, while goiter and liver diseases were more common among monks. This could be due to prison living arrangements for the former and region of residence for the latter. For other social outcomes, lower trust, higher economic stress and lower personal well-being was noted for prisoners compared to other groups. Findings here with regard to spirituality and religion are encouraging with almost no difference reported between prisoners and other cohort members implying that trust-building and other social intervention for prisoners could be activated through prevalent religious beliefs and practices and with continuing support from Thai prison authorities.
这项研究将两个看似社会极端的人群分组进行比较，以了解他们的健康和社会福利状况。这些群体的共同特点是居住条件有限，渴望入学。他们也是泰国队列研究（TCS）的一部分，该研究共纳入了 87134 名居住在全国各地的成年开放大学学生。分析仅限于年龄在 20-39 岁的男性，其中包括 711 名僧侣、195 名囚犯和 29713 名其他队列成员。在身体健康方面，我们发现某些疾病在囚犯中更为常见，如肺结核或疟疾，而甲状腺肿和肝病在僧侣中更为常见。这可能是由于前者的监狱居住条件和后者的居住地区造成的。在其他社会结果方面，与其他群体相比，囚犯的信任度较低，经济压力较大，个人幸福感较低。关于囚犯的精神信仰和宗教信仰的研究结果令人鼓舞，报告显示，囚犯与其他队列成员之间几乎没有差异，这意味着可以通过普遍存在的宗教信仰和实践，以及泰国监狱当局的持续支持，为囚犯建立信任和开展其他社会干预措施。
