Hathirat S
Soc Sci Med. 1983;17(19):1485-7. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90047-3.
In Thailand, Buddhist monks and temples are scattered throughout the country even in the rural poor. There are approximately one temple and four monks for every two villages of about 1000 people. If Buddhist monks are able to expand their roles to health care and education, Buddhist temples will automatically become community health posts and 'Health for All by The Year 2000' will be achieved within 5-10 years in Thailand. Therefore, a volunteer monk-training program has been carried out and about 2000 graduates have returned to their community to disseminate primary health care. However, a systematic and 'industrialized' approach is necessary to get some visible impact on the health of the rural Thai population.
在泰国,佛教僧侣和寺庙遍布全国,即使在农村贫困地区也不例外。每两个约有1000人的村庄大约就有一座寺庙和四名僧侣。如果佛教僧侣能够将其角色扩展到医疗保健和教育领域,那么佛教寺庙将自动成为社区卫生站,泰国将在5至10年内实现“2000年人人享有健康”的目标。因此,一项志愿者僧侣培训计划已经开展,约2000名毕业生回到他们的社区传播初级卫生保健知识。然而,要想对泰国农村人口的健康产生一些明显的影响,需要采取一种系统且“工业化”的方法。