Based on psychometric properties, the CSES-T is a valid and reliable tool. It is culturally appropriate for Thai young adults. Thai researchers and health care providers can use the CSES-T to assess adolescents' and young adults' self-efficacy to use condoms as well as to further develop and evaluate interventions to increase condom use.

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Nineteen young Thai women were purposively selected from networks of nongovernmental organizations involving children and youths in Bangkok. Our grounded theory findings indicated that these young women used the basic social process they called "waiting for the right time" in order to maintain heterosexual abstinence. Waiting for the right time involved one overarching condition, honoring parental love, and included three overlapping properties: learning rules, planning life path, and ways of preserving virginity. The findings provide information that may lead to the development of culturally competent interventions for middle-class Thai youths to remain healthy and avoid pregnancy.

The global shortage of nurses intensifies the challenge to recruit more nurses. Therefore, nursing educators in different countries need to collaborate their efforts in solving this problem because nursing schools are responsible for supplying sufficient numbers of skilled nurses for both national and international health care services. In addition, with the increase of global travelling, it is important for nurses to know how to take care of people with different cultural backgrounds. Therefore, the scientific knowledge of this paper was provided (1) Through a review of the historical development of nursing education in the selected countries, which can help readers understand why there are a diversity of nursing programs and the current strength of nursing education in the selected countries. (2) Through a review of current programs in the selected countries, which can help readers to enhance international academic communication and facilitate international exchange among nurses, nurse educators and nurse students. (3) Through a review of the issues of nursing education in the selected countries, which can help nurse educators design the appropriate nursing programs according to the societal needs.

The PFBQ is a valid and reliable instrument; however, more studies are required to identify acceptable tools to measure more culturally diverse range of parental feeding behaviours.

This study aimed to examine women's life history and work on a successful Thai national leader. Method: An autobiographical research was designed. The data was derived from the self-history and related people; in all, 29 key informants were divided into 5 groups for individual interviews, using a different set of questions during 2019-2020. The empirical data's trustworthiness was thoroughly checked for reliability, and content analysis was used combined with life story work. Result: She was born before World War II. When her family broke up, she ran away to study in a nursing school during the ensuing political turbulence. Good morals, love of learning, and Buddhist religious faith were integrated into perseverance for work. She was promoted from nurse sergeant to major female general. By overcoming the glass ceiling glass of feminist obstacles, she held several important positions in local, national, and international organizations, rendering benefits and justice for underprivileged groups and royal project missions. Her inspiration stemming from the Buddhist essence guided her in promoting love, faith, and hope in praxis to benefit Thai society: Nation, Religion, and Royalty. Her authentic, ethical leadership identity through a successful path is recommended for promising ways to promote society's ethical leadership development.

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PurposeAwareness concerning the benefits of an action is a consistent influential predictor of personal behavior and essential for healthcare providers in assessing the benefits of parental feeding behaviors (BePFB) toward preschoolers. Nevertheless, a valid and reliable measure of assessment has yet to be found. The objective of this study was to develop a questionnaire on the BePFB for preschoolers' parents in urban Thailand.Design/methodology/approachThe instrument development process comprised two phases: scale construction and psychometric property testing. Phase I involved generating an item pool from the literature review and interviews with 17 preschoolers' parents as the measurement format. The items were then reviewed for content validity by five experts, with items selected by evaluating the factor loading and communality score from exploratory factor analysis (n = 310). Phase II involved testing the psychometric properties by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability using internal consistency (n = 303).FindingsThe first draft of the “Benefits of Parental Feeding Behaviors Questionnaire” (BePFBQ) contained 24 items. Five items were deleted by the experts due to redundancy. Six items were then removed after evaluating the item selection process. CFA reported a good fit with the data (χ2/df ratio = 1.70, GFI = 0.97, CFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.048). The regression weights ranged from 0.50 to 0.74, at a statistically significant level of 0.05 with an acceptable value for Cronbach's alpha (a = 0.91). Finally, the BePFBQ contained 13 items in one dimension, with the 5-point Likert scale.Originality/valueThe BePFBQ is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring the BePFB in preschoolers' parents in urban Thailand.