1.What It Takes To Set Up Travel Health Services: A Review From Countries With Established Service
Muhammad Haikal Bin Ghazali ; Shamsul Azhar Bin Shah ; Mohd Rizal Bin Abd Manaf
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2017;17(3):47-57
As air travelling now becomes cheaper and available to almost all people of any walk of life, travelling across international borders is fast becoming a lifestyle of many. Having travel health service as part of health care services is important to address the issues of travel related illnesses among travellers. However, lacks of published guidelines pertaining to travel health service rendering many countries to overlook its importance. The aim of this paper is to review published literatures and authoritative websites on the components needed to develop guideline to establish travel health services. A systematic literature search was done using pre-specified keywords for literatures published between years 2000 – 2016. Literatures written in English and fully accessible were all included. No exclusion criteria was set before the search. Online authoritative websites pertaining to travel health were also referred. A total of six literatures ranging from expert opinion, review paper and original study, together with three authoritative websites related to travel health were reviewed. Among the important components needed to be considered for developing the guideline for establishing travel health services are to prioritise pre-travel health service, to set up specialised travel health clinic, to produce travel health/medicine specialist, to emphasize on continuous education and training of the practitioners and to apply multiagency and multidisciplinary approach with adequate fund for research in travel health. As a conclusion, policy makers should prioritise and select the most important components in developing guideline for travel health service.
Travel health service
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travel medicine
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guideline development
2.Intervention For Occupational Fatigue And Sleepiness Among Healthcare Workers Working In Shift: A Systematic Review
Mohd Fadhli Mohd Fauzi ; Hanizah Mohd Yusoff ; Mohd Rizal Abd Manaf ; Nazarudin Safian ; Muhammad Aklil Abd Rahim ; Mohd Faizal Madrim ; Azman Atil @Azmi ; Ammar Amsyar Abdul Haddi ; Nur Adibah Mat Saruan
Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2019;19(2):47-53
Healthcare workers typically work in shift to ensure smooth operation of healthcare industries around the clock. However, working in shift put them at risk of developing occupational fatigue and sleepiness during and after work, with multiple adverse effects to themselves and patients under their care. This review aims to identify available evidence-based intervention for fatigue and sleepiness among healthcare workers working in shift. We searched PubMed, Scopus and CENTRAL database from January 2013 to December 2017. Selection criteria included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that investigated the effect of any interventions on fatigue and/or sleepiness among shift workers. Two authors independently screened titles and abstracts for relevant studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias. We included 8 relevant trials with 7 review-relevant participants. Given the methodological diversity of the included studies in terms of interventions and assessment tools, it is not possible to determine the effectiveness of these interventions to reduce occupational fatigue or sleepiness among healthcare workers working in shift. More good quality RCTs with comparable assessment tools is needed.