The Lesson Learned Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Border Migrant Worker: A Case Study of Ban Laem, Pong Nam Ron District, Chanthaburi Province
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BACKGROUND: The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has been relieved. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Health issued the announcement to remove the disease from the list of dangerous communicable diseases and included it as a communicable disease under surveillance from October 1, 2022. Inefficient prevention and control of COVID-19 in border migrant workers affects people, society, and the economy in a wide range. More specifically, migrant workers are severely affected, i.e., dismissals, lower income, and poverty. The country itself lacks labor force, which affects the national economy in the overall perspective. Additionally, so far there have been no lessons learned from the prevention and control of this communicable disease in border migrant workers.
OBJECTIVES: To identify the lessons learned, to summarize these lessons, and to synthesize the body of knowledge about prevention and control of the communicable disease in border migrant workers.
METHODS: The key informants included 15 samples and officers in charge of the prevention and control of the communicable disease in border migrant workers. The data was collected by in-depth interviews during April–August, 2023. The data were analyzed based on interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), aiming to narrate and describe the meaning of the phenomenon from the direct experiences of the informants, and to foster understanding with the researchers.
RESULTS: It was found that the policy for prevention and control of the communicable disease in border migrant workers in Ban Laem, Pong Nam Ron District, Chanthaburi Province, is unambiguous and supported by stakeholders from all sectors. The leaders of involved agencies have positive attitudes with common goals. The key mechanisms include leadership, policy setting, policy transfer, preparation for prevention and control, cultivation of the value of teamwork, quick operations, process reduction, and common interest-oriented operations, with coordination from the Thai-Cambodia Border Trade & Tourism Association of Chanthaburi at all levels. As a consequence, the disease can be prevented and controlled efficiently.
CONCLUSIONS: The model can be used in other bordering areas
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