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Women and the media in Malaysia

Adnan MH

Media Asia, 1987;14(4):194-203.

PMID: 12281076

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Using the OHP to reach young people. IEC workshop

JOICFP News, 1997 Jan.

PMID: 12292050

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

User satisfaction with services provided by a drug information center in Sudan

Fathelrahman AI, Awang R, Bashir AA, Taha IA, Ibrahim HM

Pharm World Sci, 2008 Dec;30(6):759-63.

PMID: 18704750 DOI: 10.1007/s11096-008-9245-0

OBJECTIVE: The services of the Ministry of Health Drug Information Center--Khartoum State were evaluated by assessing users' satisfaction.

METHOD: Four hundred and twenty-three subjects were recruited from center records using a systematic random sampling technique. Subjects who consented were interviewed by telephone using a specially designed semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive as well as comparative analyses were carried out. Differences between groups were tested using the Chi-square test when applicable.

RESULTS: The majority of users surveyed (89.6%) had called the center from within Khartoum State and 10.4% of users had called from other states. Of the enquiries, 36.1% were from pharmacists, 29.5% from physicians, and 22.3% from laypersons. The vast majority (93.1%) of respondents were educated to degree level or higher. Approximately one fifth, one half, and one third of the users surveyed had consulted the center >5 times, 2-5 times, and once, respectively. More than 90% of users rated the services provided as good to excellent and 94.7% declared their probable intention to continue utilizing the center in the future.

CONCLUSION: The center succeeded in satisfying and retaining its users by providing an acceptable quality of service.

Matched MeSH terms: Drug Information Services/standards*

Fulltext Use of drug information resources by the community pharmacist in Penang, Malaysia

Hassali MA, Khan TM, Shafie AA

Inform Prim Care, 2010;18(3):213-6.

PMID: 21396245

This study aimed to identify the types of drug information resources used by community pharmacists in daily practice in Penang, Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Drug Information Services*

Towards a better life for the young workers. An education project in Malaysia

Knutsen K

Concern (Anaheim), 1978 Jun.

PMID: 12338965

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

The untapped potential of Telehealth

Suleiman AB

Int J Med Inform, 2001 May;61(2-3):103-12.

PMID: 11311664

The people of Malaysia generally enjoy a high standard of health. This is largely attributed to the comprehensive range of health services provided by the Government and the private sector at affordable costs. However, there are changing trends that now seriously challenge this status quo. The changing population structure, lifestyle, disease patterns and globalization are causing healthcare costs to rise. New and innovative ways will have to be devised to further improve the health status and at the same time contain costs. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) presents unprecedented opportunities to help the health sector in Malaysia reinvent itself and transform the way health and healthcare is managed and delivered in the future. Malaysia's Telehealth initiative under the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project is designed to realize Malaysia's health vision and goals and meet future health challenges. Multimedia and Internet technology will be fully harnessed to deploy services that will shift the emphasis from episodic management of illness to proactive promotion of lifelong wellness and disease prevention. Health information content and interactive applications will engage the people to work as partners of health with healthcare professionals in maintaining their own health or managing their illnesses.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

Fulltext The need for drug and poison information--the Singapore physicians' perspective

Ponampalam R, Anantharaman V

Singapore Med J, 2003 May;44(5):231-42.

PMID: 13677359

There appears to be a significant prevalence of poisoning and adverse drug reactions in Singapore. However, the resources needed by physicians to assist them in the management of such cases are limited. This study examines the information resources currently utilised by medical professionals in assisting them in the management of poisonings and adverse drug reactions. The preferred features of an ideal Drug and Poison Information Centre in the local setting were also explored.

Matched MeSH terms: Drug Information Services*; Information Services

Fulltext The Pharmacotherapy of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) : A Review of Contemporary Therapeutic Challenges in Clinical Practice

Hassan Y, Awaisu A, Al-Meman AA, Aziz NA

Malays J Med Sci, 2008 Apr;15(2):3-13.

PMID: 22589618

Our objectives were to discuss a general overview on the description and recognition of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and present a critical review of the traditional and most recent advances in its pharmacotherapy. Computerized searches were done on MEDLINE and Iowa Drug Information Service (IDIS) databases from June 2001 until June 2007 and from May 2005 until May 2007, respectively. Search terms used included 'heparin-induced thrombocytopenia', 'heparin-associated thrombocytopenia', therapeutics, HIT, HAT. We largely selected publications within the timeframe above, but did not exclude commonly referenced and highly regarded older publications. The commonly referenced published articles were obtained through manual searches derived from bibliographic citations and retrievals from the authors' personal files. Pertinent literatures (89 key articles) that were thought to have substantially contributed new information to the therapeutics of HIT within the last 6 years were identified, reviewed and presented. The following limits were used for the MEDLINE and IDIS searches: 'human', drug therapy', 'review', 'meta-analysis', 'clinical trial', and case reports. The therapeutics of HIT is rapidly evolving and needs to consider an evidence - based approach. It is imperative that practitioners be aware of the associated risk and be up-to-date with the current advances in the management of this fatal clinical condition.

Matched MeSH terms: Drug Information Services

Sustainability indicator system and policy processes in Malaysia: a framework for utilisation and learning

Hezri AA

J Environ Manage, 2004 Dec;73(4):357-71.

PMID: 15531393

Formulation of effective sustainability indicators for national assessment demands a comprehensive understanding of the utilisation, diffusion and dissemination of information in policy processes. To illustrate the dynamic of sustainability assessment within the context of policy processes, this paper uses a case study of national sustainability indicators development in Malaysia. Subsequently, this paper ascribes the limited achievement of national sustainability assessment in Malaysia to four types of constraints: meta-policy issues; technical capacities; communication concerns; and the inherent knowledge gaps within the indicator developer community vis-a-vis their theoretical limitations. It is proposed that such constraints will be encountered in many countries. Drawing from the literature on public policy, this paper outlines a framework for investigating indicator behaviour within policy processes based on well-established concepts such as knowledge utilisation and policy learning. I conclude this paper by elaborating on the corresponding future challenges that must be addressed before effective integration of sustainability indicators within policy systems can occur.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

Fulltext Survey of knowledge and perception on the access to evidence-based practice and clinical practice change among maternal and infant health practitioners in South East Asia

Martis R, Ho JJ, Crowther CA, SEA-ORCHID Study Group

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2008;8:34.

PMID: 18680603 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-8-34

Evidence-based practice (EBP) can provide appropriate care for women and their babies; however implementation of EBP requires health professionals to have access to knowledge, the ability to interpret health care information and then strategies to apply care. The aim of this survey was to assess current knowledge of evidence-based practice, information seeking practices, perceptions and potential enablers and barriers to clinical practice change among maternal and infant health practitioners in South East Asia.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

Fulltext Singapore Declaration on equitable access to health information in the Western Pacific Region

Arokiasamy JT

Med J Malaysia, 2009 Dec;64(4):264-5.

PMID: 20954548

As part of an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish a virtual Global Health Library, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has developed the Western Pacific Regional Index Medicus, or WPRIM, to facilitate the sharing, exchange and management of health knowledge. It is recognized that articles in peer-reviewed journals contain information that is essential for health services, health sciences, health policy and public health promotion. The need to access research publications from work done in the various countries of the Region has resulted in each country’s National Journal Selection Committee screening their journals using certain minimum criteria. Those selected are recommended to be part of the WPRIM.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Reaching out to adolescents

JOICFP News, 1997 Oct.

PMID: 12292743

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Population information resources

Pasquariella SK

POPIN Bull, 1984 Dec.

PMID: 12267287

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Fulltext Pattern of antibiotics usage, perception and attitude towards antibiotic compliance among UNIMAS undergraduate students

Greta Miranda Goh, Awg Khairul Bin Awang Mohammad

Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2020;16(105):7-0.

MyJurnal

Introduction: Increase in antibiotic resistance (ABR) worldwide, specifically in developing countries, requires the need to pay attention to self-medicated antibiotics, perception and attitude of ABR. Self-medication on antibiotics practices have a major pitfall, which is that users do not follow a prescribed course of drug and may usually stop the drug regimen once they feeling better. The spread of ABR is known to be associated with inadequate dosing, and incomplete courses which increases the actual cost of treating illnesses and social burden. This research is motivated by the alarming spread of ABR in Malaysia, the paucity of data on self-medication with antibiotics, and the alarming rate of pharmacy or drug stores that sell antibiotics and prescription-only medicines that are unauthorized to do so. Thus, the study has been done to observe the pattern of antibiotics usage of undergraduate students in a public uni- versity. Methods: Quantitative study with cross-sectional study have been chosen in this study and the target sample is localUniversiti Malaysia Sarawak(UNIMAS) undergraduate students with use of convenience sampling method. Besides, data collection has been done at main library (Centre for Academic Information Services)of UNIMASand students pavilion, UNIMAS by using the fully English online and hardcopy self-administered questionnaire adapted from previous study. Then, the data collected has been analysed by using SPSS Version 22. Results: In this study, 30.5% out of 403respondents have admitted that have taken antibiotics within 6 months and common reason of taking antibiotics given are fever, respiratory tract infection, and pain. Besides, there are 36% of respondents are not compliance to their antibiotics once prescribed with reason of already felt better and healed from the illness. More than 50% of the respondents are believed that antibiotics can treat the viral infection and work on the cold or coughs. For the attitude’s aspect, more than 60% of the respondents are expecting the doctor to prescribed them antibiotics when they are having cold symptoms and 49.9% will take antibiotics when they get cold to help them recover more quickly. Conclusion: This study has showed that there about a quarter of respondents (36%) still using antibiotics in improper method of consumption. Besides, some of the respondents have misunderstanding perception toward anti- biotics and bad attitudes on compliance toward the antibiotics. Thus, this problem from the young adult population could contributes to the increasing trend of antibiotics resistance in Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

Fulltext Mobile Apps for the Care Management of Chronic Kidney and End-Stage Renal Diseases: Systematic Search in App Stores and Evaluation

Siddique AB, Krebs M, Alvarez S, Greenspan I, Patel A, Kinsolving J, et al.

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 2019 09 04;7(9):e12604.

PMID: 31486408 DOI: 10.2196/12604

BACKGROUND: Numerous free and low-cost mobile apps for the care management of kidney disease have become available in recent years. Although these appear to be promising tools, they have not been evaluated comparatively based on standard mobile app metrics, and thus, limited evidence is available regarding their efficacy. This study systematically cataloged and assessed mobile apps designed to assist medication compliance and nutrition tracking that are useful to the chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who are on dialysis.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to comprehensively evaluate mobile apps used for medication compliance and nutrition tracking for possible use by CKD and ESRD patients.

METHODS: A systematic review framework was applied to the search, screening, and assessment of apps identified and downloaded from the iOS and Android app stores. We selected apps using 13 relevant search terms, narrowed down based on a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria, and then used the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS), a widely adopted app evaluation tool to assess the effectiveness of apps. The internal consistency and interrater reliability were tested using Cronbach alpha and interclass correlation coefficients (ICCs), respectively.

RESULTS: The MARS total score had excellent internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=.90) and a moderate level of interrater reliability (2-way mixed ICC 0.65). Overall, 11 out of the 12 reviewed apps met the minimum acceptable score of 3.0 in MARS rating. The 3 apps with the highest combined scores were My Kidneys, My Health Handbook (MARS=4.68); My Food Coach (MARS=4.48); and National Kidney Foundation Malaysia (MARS=4.20). The study identified 2 general weaknesses in the existing apps: the apps fell short of accommodating advanced interactive features such as providing motivational feedback and promoting family member and caregiver participations in the app utilization.

CONCLUSIONS: The MARS rating system performed well in the app evaluation. The 3 highest ranked apps scored consistently high across the 5 dimensions specified in MARS. These apps were developed in collaboration with reputable organizations and field experts, demonstrating the importance of expert guidance in developing medical apps.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services/statistics & numerical data

Mass communication in Asia and the Pacific. Recent trends and developments

Lent JA

Media Asia, 1989;16(1):16-24.

PMID: 12315828

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Malaysia [Population education in countries of the region]

Abu-bakar F

Bull Unesco Reg Off Educ Asia Pac, 1982 Jun.

PMID: 12265670

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Legal sanctions and information about drugs as influences upon the decision by adolescents whether to use illicit drugs

Spencer C, Navaratnam V

Drug Alcohol Depend, 1980 Nov;6(5):315-22.

PMID: 7460763

Although those Malaysian secondary schoolchildren who have never used drugs are consistent in their support for legal and social sanctions against drug use, it is argued that such sanctions are a relatively unimportant factor in the decision whether or not to use drugs. Non-drug users inhabit a social world separated from their drug-using contemporaries; they rely on information from public rather than direct social sources, and claim to have been little interested in information received. However, there is evidence that, for a minority of the drug-using sub-sample, public information campaigns have made them more rather than less interested in experimenting with drug substances.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

Larger than life: billboard communication in Southeast Asia

Barnard B

UFSI Rep, 1983.

PMID: 12339664

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services*

Knowledge and attitudes of Malaysian private medical practitioners toward guidelines-based medicine

Lian PC, Marnoch G

J Manag Med, 1999;13(2-3):178-89.

PMID: 10747449

This paper describes a study of the knowledge and attitudes of a sample of private medical practitioners in Malaysia in relation to questions posed on guidelines-based medicine. The study was conducted through a postal questionnaire sent to a sample of 2,000 private practitioners. Placing the research in context, a description of Malaysia and its health-care system is provided. Issues surrounding guidelines-based medicine in the Malaysian context are discussed. An analysis of the sample population's personal and professional characteristics is presented. Key research findings include identifying a substantial knowledge deficit--less than half of the respondents claimed to understand "guidelines". A majority of doctors (64 per cent) think guidelines are useful. Only 29 per cent of respondents knew where to find guidelines, with 22 per cent claiming to have used guidelines. The paper concludes with a discussion of issues in the implementation of guidelines-based medicine in Malaysia based on the study's findings.

Matched MeSH terms: Information Services

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