Narongsak noosorn

Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Pitsanulok, Thailand

Publications

• Research Article   
  Consumption of Illegal Community Distilled Liquor among Workers in a Rural Area of Thailand
  Author(s): Theeraphon Lopradit and Narongsak noosorn*
  
  This research investigated the forms and motives behind the consumption of illegally smuggled community distilled liquor among Thai workers located within a rural area of Thailand. The sample group consisted of 12 people who consumed illegal community distilled liquor in Sukhothai; an area where there is high consumption rate of illegal community distilled liquor. Snowball sampling was used to randomize the sample and in-depth interviews and content analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the age of consuming first alcoholic drink, first drinking experience, the current purpose of drinking alcohol, taste, and alcohol tolerance, were all predisposing factors which caused people in Sukhothai to consume illegally distilled community liquor. The enabling factors, which led people in Sukhothai to consume the illegally distilled liquor included the compliance with a r.. Read More»
  

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