Background: Lack of awareness, poor knowledge and attitude regarding cancer have been identified as possible reasons accounting for the late presentation which lead to the poor survival of cancer patients in Malaysia. Method:A cross sectional study was conducted in three traditional Malay villages in Negeri Sembilan among adult males. Those who were already diagnosed with prostate cancer or Non malaysians were excluded from the study. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires which consist of several sections namely socio-demographic, awareness about prostate cancer, sources of information, family history of prostate cancer, lifestyle associated with risk of cancer, knowledge and attitude towards prostate cancer. Data was analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Chi-square test was used to determine associations. Level of significance was set at p<0.05. The knowledge and attitude scores were then categorized into 2 levels (50% or more of total score equals to ‘good’ and less than 50 % equals to ‘poor’). Results: A total of 168 respondents participated in this study and 62.1% of them had heard about prostate cancer and it is associated with level of education, monthly income and age (p= 0.023, 0.007 and 0.022). Most common sources of information are television, newspaper and friends (52.8%, 43.4% and 39.6% respectively). Among those who had heard about prostate cancer, 58.5% had good knowledge and this was significantly associated with smoking status (p =0.022). Conclusion: The percentage of awareness, knowledge and attitude regarding prostate cancer among the study population are still low. More effort should be carried out especially among men in rural communities to improve the situation.

Introduction: Job satisfaction is the positive and negative feelings of the direction of the job provides the workers of the physical, psychological and social benefits compared to what this worker expects, which will have a significant impact on the level of work performance and productivity of work. This study aims to determine the level of job satisfaction of health workers and identify the type of constraints affecting the health workers and determining the importance of incentives that would raise the level of job satisfaction. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted for the period from October 2017 to April 2018 in four general hospitals in Al- Najaf province. A number of 670 respondents were selected randomly. A self-administrated questionnaire in the Arabic Language was used to collect information after verifying its reliability. Results: This study found that 56.4% have a positive level of job satisfaction and the rest of the respondents believe that there are signs of constraints affecting health workers. On the other hand, there is a significant correlation between the age group and financial & moral support, there is a significant correlation between financial & moral support and job relationships, and between human resources and job relationships. Conclusion: there are more than half of the respondents were satisfied with their jobs and 56.1% of respondents were known about constraints affecting the health workers. Finally, 55.1% of respondents were familiar with the incentives that would raise the job satisfaction level.

Introduction: Oral health knowledge ensures that the person has all the requisite information to find out which oral diseases are and how they occur and recognize the security measures that must be taken. This knowledge can lead to changes in attitude, which leads to changes in the person’s everyday life. This study aims to evaluate oral health-related knowledge and determine its associated factors among Universiti Putra Malaysia staff. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 207 UPM staff. The study included the UPM Malaysian staff (permanent, temporary, contract), and excluded foreigners and staff on leave. Stratified random sampling was used to select a representative sample with five selected faculties. Oral health knowledge was assessed with a validated and pretested questionnaire. Results: The total respondents were 162 from 207 subjects, giving a response rate of 78.3%. In this study, more than half of the participants have satisfactory knowledge (56.2%). The results show a significant association between oral health knowledge and each of: level of education, monthly income, faculty, type of staff, and smoking. It is observed that postgraduate staff are more knowledgeable towards oral health with 63.2% compared to graduate level and below with 39.6% only. In addition, the staff with higher incomes are more likely to have satisfactory knowledge compared to the working staff with lower incomes with percentage up to 20%. Regarding the source of information association, none of the factors is found to have a significant association. Conclusion: More than half of the participants have satisfactory knowledge on oral health. Despite this, a significant proportion of staff have unsatisfactory knowledge, which suggests initiating an awareness program for the staff members to increase their knowledge of oral health.

Introduction: Workplace safety culture (WSC) is crucial in providing a safe working environment. Workers need to be reminded regularly of its importance, and therefore effectively, work safety intervention programs need to be identified to be used for this purpose. The main objective is to identify workplace intervention programs to improve WSC among office workers. The specific goals are to determine the types of intervention (knowledge-based, attitudinal, and practices-based interventions), the theories used, and the effectiveness. Methods: Databases such as ProQuest, CINAHL, Medline, and ScienceDirect were used to perform literature searches with the keywords [“safety culture training” OR “safety culture education” OR “safety culture promotion”] AND [“office workers” OR “civil servant” OR “white-collar workers” OR “administrative officers” OR “clerical officer”]. The inclusion criteria set for the search process included research articles, publication between January 1, 2015, and September 10, 2020, which were research articles within five years and eight months of publication to the time of data extraction of this study. Availability of full-text articles, articles published in English, and only articles among office workers. Results: This review includes seven articles and the techniques used for these studies were knowledge, attitude, and practices towards WSC. Conclusion: As the number and scope of intervention of studies on WSC seem scarce, the nature of jobs nowadays and in the future seems to be more office-based; consequently, more of these studies are recommended among office workers.