1.Cardiovascular risks among shift and non-shift workers in a public medical centre in Kuala Lumpur
Moy FM ; Hoe VCW ; Tan CPL ; Rosmawati M
Journal of University of Malaya Medical Centre 2010;13(1):45-49
Night work and rotating shift work are found to be detrimental to the health of workers. A cross
sectional analytical study was conducted among the employees of a public medical centre in
Kuala Lumpur. A total of 380 employees participated in the health screening and questionnaire
survey. The majority of the respondents were Malays, females, and with mean age of 49 years old.
The shift workers persistently had higher but non-significant proportions of being overweight/
obesity and unhealthy clinical indicators such as systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting
blood glucose and lipid profile except waist circumferences and HDL-cholesterol. There were
also slightly more shift workers diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, hypertension or coronary
heart disease (p>0.05). Although the present study could not provide established evidence for a
relationship between shift work and cardiovascular risks, this could serve as a pilot study for future
studies in this area.
Health Education
2.Severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions: Stevens Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysisa, a report of 4 cases seen at UMMC
Shasha Khairullah ; Rokiah Che Ismail
Journal of University of Malaya Medical Centre 2010;13(1):50-58
Prescribing medication is not without its adverse effects. Complications due to drug therapy
are on the rise in Malaysia, especially when antibiotics are used indiscriminately. We reviewed
cases admitted to the Acute Medical Ward of University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, over a two-month period from March to April 2009. The authors found that
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) were the most common
severe adverse cutaneous reactions due to ingestion or parenteral use of drugs. In this report, is
a brief description of the two conditions and ways to manage them. The authors have come to
a conclusion that judicious use of medications with adequate patient education is important in
order to avoid these adverse effects
Health Education
3.Real status of the organization, its activities and the need of training local health inspectorate
Journal of Practical Medicine 2004;480(5):32-35
With 23 inquiry cards devoted for The Inspector chief of The Provincial Health Office, 365 for inspection staff members, concerning the current state of organisation, results showed that: in 100% of provinces, the organization of inspection belong to Health Office was perfected, inspection personel included senior qualified caders with long carrer and good experience in profession and administration. However, in some regions there is a deficiency of manpower, needing a large necessary for training, especially in inspectional profession.
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Health Manpower
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Health Education
4.Perspectives of male family planning acceptors on failed vasectomy and the meaning of contraception
Health Sciences Journal 2016;5(1):7-14
Introduction:
This study ventured into understanding the dynamics of contraception using the lens
of the male end user. It aimed to examine more fully the experience of male acceptors to elucidate
why vasectomy failed as a contraceptive modality.
Methods:
This was a multiple case study which elucidated the in-depth experiences of six participants
on failed vasectomy and how they perceived contraception. The analyses of interview transcripts and
field notes were based on the inductive approach of identifying data by means of thematic codes
which emerged in a four-level process.
Results:
Subthemes were 1) failure of health education to correct misconceptions, 2) failure in
compliance, 3) failure in cognition and understanding, 4) failure in shared decision making, and
5) failure in contraceptive intentions. Themes that emerged as causes of failure in vasectomy were
1) failure of partnership, and 2) failure caused by low level of health literacy.
Conclusion
Failure of vasectomy was laden with antecedents that greatly influenced the manner by
which the male acceptors behaved. The participants' perceptions of contraception were either
changed or remained steadfast depending on how they had believed vasectomy to be of worth to them
as a husband, father and male acceptor. In all but one participant, vasectomy became of no use to
them thereafter.
Contraception
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Health Education
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Health Literacy
6.Analysing some factors influence the coverage of Health Insurance
Journal of Practical Medicine 2004;483(7):10-13
Some factors influence the coverage of Health Insurance concluded: sex; town/countryside; age; nationality; 8 areas; education; living standard (5 standards); profession. Depending on each kind of Health Insurance, the factors influence the coverage of Health Insurance were different. In general the coverage of Health Insurance was often low, concentrated at some vulnerable groups as follows: the poor, people who live in the countryside, ethnic minority, low of education.
Insurance, Health
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Epidemiology
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Education
7.Evaluating health education on hypertension in Dong Thap Medical-postal Center
Journal of Practical Medicine 2005;0(12):71-73
The survey was performed on 144 patients with hypertension in Dong Thap Medical-postal Center between 2003 and 2004. Results: The patients' awareness of their hypertension had much limits, 62.5% of patients unknown the disease, 61.81% detected their-self disease by chance, so 95.83% had not blood pressure monitored, 90.97% were not treated regularly and 7.64% were not treated. Health education and treatment record had good results. The percentage of patients had blood pressure monitored increased by 61.8% (compared with 4.17%), regular treatment 46.53% (compared with 1.39%).
Hypertension
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Health Education
8.The situation of health education at district level in 4 provinces in Viet Nam during 2006
Hien Van Nguyen ; Trung Thanh Nguyen
Journal of Medical Research 2008;56(4):119-124
Background: The health education system has been established in Viet Nam since the early part of the 21st century from district to central level. In 2002, Health education has been considered as a first standard out of 10 national health standards for communal level. But there are few studies assessed the situation of health education activities at district level. Objectives: To discover the situation and identify possibilities to improve the health education activities at district level. Subjects and method: The cross-sectional study was conducted in 4 provinces: Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen, Ha Tay and Thai Binh. The questionnaires were used for interviewing health workers in preventive health centers at district and provincial levels of these provinces. Results. The health education activities have been carried out at district level with different methods, but 35.4% of respondents noted that these activities were not good enough. The significant number of health workers, who were responsible for health education at district level did not possess the proper knowledge and skills to meet the task requirements. The management of health education remained a limitation. 76.1% interviewed health workers said that the plans of health education activities have not been made properly, a lack of equipment and materials for these activities. Most of the respondents believed that the health education activities can be improved with better implementations.Conclusion: The health education management and activities at district level of the 4 investigated provinces has not achieved levels of expectation. The knowledge and skills of health workers had not met the task requirements. Therefore, it is important to strengthen both knowledge and skills for health workers to improve the health education activities at district level.
Health education
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District level
9.Training the health staffs according to the Education Law
Pharmaceutical Journal 2001;298(2):5-6
From the education law was paromulgated, the ministry of health always collaborates with the Ministry of Education and Training to prepare for deployment of the law which helped the training the human resources in the health sector according to the education law
education
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Health
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Jurisprudence
10.Oral health educational contents in primary, middle, and high school textbooks.
Jin Seon KIM ; Eun Mi CHOI ; Gyeong Soon HAN
Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health 2014;38(1):59-67
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted in order to analyze oral health content and its importance in primary, middle, and high school textbooks. METHODS: A total of 1,176 textbooks was reviewed, and the items under investigation included: textbook division (national/authorized), titles; grade levels, semesters taught, inclusion of educational content for general and oral health, and the number of pages and rows containing the oral health information. The data were analyzed via paired t-tests, frequency analyses, and one-way ANOVAs. RESULTS: Oral health content was found in 12.1 percent of the primary school textbooks, 6.5% of the middle school texts, and 2.1% of the high school textbooks. The total average was 5.4%. Among the textbooks containing health (general and oral) content, the average number of pages (P<0.001) containing general and oral health information were 22.1 and 0.5, respectively. The average number of lines (P<0.001) for both types of health information were 475.1 and 6.2, respectively, in the primary school textbooks. Middle school textbooks included average numbers of health information-related pages (P<0.001) of 45.7 and 0.4 and average numbers of lines (P<0.001) of 1,086.9 and 5.3, respectively. The average number of pages (P<0.001) in the high school books containing general and oral health content were 83.0 and 0.9, respectively, and the average number of lines (P<0.001) were 2,128.6 and 10.7. Our research showed that, regarding the degree of reflecting oral health education objectives, high school textbooks gained 1.00 point (1 objective), middle school books obtained 0.67 point (5 objectives), and primary school books received 0.18 point (39 objectives; P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Oral health content in textbooks decreased as school level increased. The objectives of oral health education for primary school were not properly reflected in the textbooks because the objectives were relatively diverse, and the textbook treatment of the material was rather static.
Education
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Humans
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Oral Health*