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  1. Fulltext Nutrient intake and socio-economic status among children attending a health exhibition in Malaysian rural villages
    Norhayati M, Noor Hayati MI, Oothuman P, Fatmah MS, Zainudin B, Fatimah A
    Med J Malaysia, 1995 Dec;50(4):382-90.
    PMID: 8668061
    A dietary survey was carried out in 216 children (109 males, 107 females) aged 1-7 years, living in rural villages in Selangor, Malaysia to assess their nutrient intake and to determine the association between nutrient consumption and socio-economic background. All the children studied had inadequate intakes of energy, iron and niacin according to Recommended Daily Intake (RDI). Children aged of 4-9 years showed inadequate intake of calcium, thiamine and riboflavin. However, the intake of protein, vitamin A and ascorbic acid were above the recommended value. The mean percentage requirements of protein, iron and niacin were significantly higher in children from small families compared with children from large families. However the employment status of mothers had a significantly effect on the mean percentage requirements of niacin. The results indicate that education level of the mothers, is strongly associated with the mean percentage nutrient requirements of children and we strongly feel that this is a strategy to be adopted for improvement in nutrition of children.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  2. A Pour-Flush Latrine Programme in a rural community in Malaysia: an early evaluation
    Bohari H, Nor IM, Hashim MN
    Hygie, 1989 Sep;8(3):15-9.
    PMID: 2807295
    An intensive health education programme geared towards increasing community's knowledge and inducing some changes in the attitude and behavioural factors towards the use of latrines.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  3. Imported yaws in Johor, Malaysia
    Mohamed KN
    Ann Trop Paediatr, 1988 Dec;8(4):222-4.
    PMID: 2467607
    Yaws was detected in a six-member family in the southern Malaysia state of Johor. This stresses the need to be vigilant against a long-forgotten disease of childhood which was of great public health concern in the past.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  4. Fulltext Knowledge and use of oral rehydration therapy for childhood diarrhoea in Tumpat District
    Shaw DD, Jacobsen CA, Konare KF, Isa AR
    Med J Malaysia, 1990 Dec;45(4):304-9.
    PMID: 2152051
    A community based study was conducted on the understanding and knowledge of childhood diarrhoea and use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), in four selected villages in Tumpat District, Kelantan. The calculated annual incidence of diarrhoeal disease in children aged 0 to four years in all study villages was 1.38 episodes for each child. The main care-givers of children aged 0 to four years were interviewed and asked to demonstrate how to mix a standard ORS (oral rehydration solution) sachet if they had previously used ORT. Forty percent of care-givers had heard of the locally available ORT and 30% had actually used ORT. Of those who had heard of or used ORT, 10% had good knowledge of what it was and what it was used for, 51% had some knowledge and 39% had either no knowledge or inaccurate knowledge. Of care-givers who had previously used ORT only 20.5% demonstrated the correct volume of water to add to one sachet of ORT, but 82% would discard an unused solution within 24 hours. Significantly more literate women had used ORT than those not literate (p = 0.002). Mothers, particularly those literate, are the primary target group for ORT intervention strategies. Components of health education should include advice on what ORS is, what it is used for, and how to correctly mix a standard sachet.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  5. Fulltext Effectiveness of audio-visual and print media intervention on knowledge of cervical health among rural women in Southern India
    Nagamma T, Ashok L, Konuri A, Chandrasekaran V
    Niger Postgrad Med J, 2020 11 7;27(4):343-347.
    PMID: 33154288 DOI: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_148_20
    Background: Cervical cancer health education programmes are not accessible to rural women in developing countries.

    Objective: Our study aimed at assessing the health literacy about cervical cancer amongst the rural women in Udupi district, southern India, before and following intervention using audio-visual aid/face-to-face interactive sessions versus pamphlets alone.

    Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study. A total of 166 women participated in the study. Participant groups were allocated into two interventional (Experimental/Control) groups. Participants in the experimental group received education through the video followed by face-to-face interaction with a health educator while those in the control group received a pamphlet. A validated questionnaire was used to assess knowledge about numerous risk factors, Pap smear test and treatment of cervical cancer (pre- and post-intervention test). The findings are presented as frequencies and percentages. Paired responses were compared for individual questions using McNemar test and P < 0.05 was fixed as statistically significant.

    Results: Former to the intervention, 13.5% and 19.1% in the experimental and control groups, respectively, felt that personal hygiene was important to prevent cervical cancer. Both the groups had very limited knowledge regarding risk factors (93.6%; 94%), symptoms (96.3%; 97.6%) and knowledge that Pap smears can reduce the risk of cervical cancer (91.7%; 93.9%). The change in knowledge pre-and post-intervention in both groups increased significantly.

    Conclusion: Intervention with face-to-face interactive sessions showed a positive impact on knowledge regarding cervical cancer. These findings indicate both methods can be effective in providing health education in the community.

    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  6. Maternal mortality in the government hospitals, West Malaysia 1967-1969
    Ariffin Bin Marzuki, Thambu JA
    Med J Malaysia, 1973 Mar;27(3):203-6.
    PMID: 4268925
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  7. Fulltext Clinical diagnosis of malaria by medical assistants in Sri Aman, Sarawak - necessary but of limited reliability
    Chin ZH
    Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2004;4(2):34-38.
    MyJurnal
    Rural health clinics in Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, Malaysia lack diagnostic tests for malaria. Many of the medical assistants in the clinic diagnose malaria solely on clinical ground. The study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of clinical diagnosis of rnahtria made by medical assistants using results of microscopy examination as gold standard. The study period was from September to December 2003. Three rural clinics without laboratory or diagnostic tests services and one urban clinic with laboratory facility serving malarious areas were selected. All patients clinically diagnosed as malaria by the attending medical assistants were included as clinical malaria cases. Blood slides were taken for examination of malaria parasites. Non clinical malaria cases were all other patients without clinical malaria for whom blood slides were taken for malaria parasites. Out of 362 patients included in the study, 75 were clinically diagnosed as having mahria. The sensitivity of headache, history of fever and chills/rigors to detect malaria cases was above 90% but the specificity and positive predictive value was low, below 40% and 20% respectively. The sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of malaria clinical diagnosis made by medical assistants was 82.1 %, 84 .4% and 30.7% respectively. Clinical diagnosis of malaria increases the slide positive rate by four folds. However the sensitivity, specincity and positive predictive value of clinical diagnosis by medical assistant and clinical characteristics was insufficient to enable each of them to be used alone to differentiate true malaria cases from non mahiria cases.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  8. The life of a malay child
    Willliams CH
    Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1938;2:73-84.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  9. Fulltext Extramural training of medical students: lessons from Southeast Asia
    Smilkstein G
    J Fam Pract, 1977 May;4(5):873-6.
    PMID: 864412
    Several medical schools in Southeast Asia have identified deficiencies in their undergraduate medical education that result in inappropriate training of students for the health-care problems that exist in their respective countries. Curriculum changes have been made that take students out of the laboratory and the subspecialty-oriented university hospital and place them in extramural programs in the community. Both the deficiencies identified and the solutions developed merit study by North American medical educators, especially those teaching primary care in family practice.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  10. Fulltext Epidemic hysteria and social change: an outbreak in a lower secondary school in Malaysia
    Teoh JI
    Singapore Med J, 1975 Dec;16(4):301-6.
    PMID: 1224222
    The interest in epidemic hysteria has been due to an increased prevalence of the phenomena in Malaysia in recent years. This paper describes the prevalence and characteristics of epidemic hysteria in Malaysia. An outbreak in a rural Malay lower secondary girls' school was described and the factors precipitating the outbreak were studied in detailed. The social interactions, native interpretation and psychodynamic constellations in the microcosm of tensions and interpersonal conflicts leading to the outbreak of hysteria were analysed and discussed. The paper also deals with the problem of social change within a closed-in rural community and how the various key personalities involved grappled with a problem thereby instituting social change.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  11. Fulltext Knowledge and Practice on Injection Safety among Primary Health Care Workers in Kaski District, Western Nepal
    Gyawali S, Rathore DS, Shankar PR, Kc VK, Jha N, Sharma D
    Malays J Med Sci, 2016 Jan;23(1):44-55.
    PMID: 27540325
    BACKGROUND: Unsafe injection practice can transmit various blood borne infections. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice of injection safety among injection providers, to obtain information about disposal of injectable devices, and to compare the knowledge and practices of urban and rural injection providers.

    METHODS: The study was conducted with injection providers working at primary health care facilities within Kaski district, Nepal. Ninety-six health care workers from 69 primary health care facilities were studied and 132 injection events observed. A semi-structured checklist was used for observing injection practice and a questionnaire for the survey. Respondents were interviewed to complete the questionnaire and obtain possible explanations for certain observed behaviors.

    RESULTS: All injection providers knew of at least one pathogen transmitted through use/re-use of unsterile syringes. Proportion of injection providers naming hepatitis/jaundice as one of the diseases transmitted by unsafe injection practice was significantly higher in urban (75.6%) than in rural (39.2%) area. However, compared to urban respondents (13.3%), a significantly higher proportion of rural respondents (37.3%) named Hepatitis B specifically as one of the diseases transmitted. Median (inter-quartile range) number of therapeutic injection and injectable vaccine administered per day by the injection providers were 2 (1) and 1 (1), respectively. Two handed recapping by injection providers was significantly higher in urban area (33.3%) than in rural areas (21.6%). Most providers were not aware of the post exposure prophylaxis guideline.

    CONCLUSION: The knowledge of the injection providers about safe injection practice was acceptable. The use of safe injection practice by providers in urban and rural health care facilities was almost similar. The deficiencies noted in the practice must be addressed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health
  12. Fulltext Cross-sectional study of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in two rural public primary healthcare facilities in Malaysia
    Ooi CP, Loke SC, Zaiton A, Tengku-Aizan H, Zaitun Y
    Med J Malaysia, 2011 Jun;66(2):108-12.
    PMID: 22106688 MyJurnal
    Knowledge of the characteristics of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is indispensible for improvement of their care. A cross-sectional study in two rural public primary healthcare centres in Malaysia identified 170 actively engaged older patients with T2DM, with suboptimal glycaemic control and frequent hypoglycaemia. The prevalence of multiple co-morbidities, complications of T2DM, high cardiovascular risk, neurological, musculoskeletal and visual deficits suggested high risk of disabilities and dependency but not yet disabled. This short window for interventions presents as an opportunity for development of a more comprehensive approach extending beyond glycaemia control to risk management, preventing functional loss and continuity of social participation.
    Study site: Klinik Kesihatan, Selangor, Malaysia
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health Services*
  13. Cultural health beliefs in a rural family practice: a Malaysian perspective
    Ariff KM, Khoo SB
    Aust J Rural Health, 2006 Feb;14(1):2-8.
    PMID: 16426425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00747.x
    Background: Understanding the sociocultural dimension of a patient’s health beliefs is critical to a successful clinical encounter. Malaysia with its multi-ethnic population of Malay, Chinese and Indian still uses many forms of traditional health care in spite of a remarkably modern rural health service.
    Objective: The objective of this paper is discuss traditional health care in the context of some of the cultural aspects of health beliefs, perceptions and practices in the different ethnic groups of the author’s rural family practices. This helps to promote communication and cooperation between doctors and patients, improves clinical diagnosis and Management, avoids cultural blind spots and unnecessary medical testing and leads to better adherence to treatment by patients.
    Discussion: Includes traditional practices of ‘hot and cold’, notions of Yin-Yang and Ayurveda, cultural healing, alternative medicine, cultural perception of body structures and cultural practices in the context of women’s health. Modern and traditional medical systems are potentially complementary rather than antagonistic. Ethnic and cultural considerations can be integrated further into the modern health delivery system to improve care and health outcomes.
    KEY WORDS: alternative medicine, child health, cultural healing, traditional medicine, women’s health
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health Services*
  14. Fulltext A profile of injuries in four villages in the Jasin District of Malacca, Malaysia
    Htay Moe
    Asia Pac J Public Health, 2002;14(2):118-22.
    PMID: 12862417
    Injuries are a major public health problem in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study on the profile of injuries was conducted in four villages in the Jasin District of Malacca using a prepared questionnaire among the residents. A sample of 199 households was selected from the total of 385 by using the simple random method and personal interviews were carried out. Injuries were common (56%) among the family members within the period of one year prior to the survey. Home and residential injuries were the most common type (60.2%) followed by road traffic injuries and injuries at work place. Among the home injuries (68 cases), falls were the most common type of injuries encountered with most occurring in the evenings within the house compounds. For all types of injuries (113 cases), the majority (46.9%) preferred to seek treatment at government clinics and hospitals. Among the road injuries (29 cases), most occurred in the evenings and at nights. They were more severe in nature and some required admission to the hospital. The extremities were the most severe injuries among the home and road ones. Preventive strategies should be targeted towards the home and road injuries by environmental and behavioural changes together with community participation on injury prevention and control at district level.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
  15. Social and health factors influencing poor nutritional status among rural elderly Malays
    Suzana S, Earland J, Suriah AR, Warnes AM
    J Nutr Health Aging, 2002;6(6):363-9.
    PMID: 12459886
    Older people especially those residing in rural areas are at a greater risk of malnutrition.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
  16. Fulltext Efficacy of albendazole in the treatment of Trichuris trichuria and Giardia intestinalis infection in rural Malay communities
    Penggabean M, Norhayati, Oothuman P, Fatmah MS
    Med J Malaysia, 1998 Dec;53(4):408-12.
    PMID: 10971985
    A community study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a 3-day course of 400 mg albendazole daily in the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and Giardia intestinalis infection. This treatment regimen was effective in the treatment of Trichuris trichiura and Giardia intestinalis infection with cure rates of 91.5% and 96.6% respectively. Uses of a 3-day course of 400 mg albendazole daily should be considered in mass or targeted soil-transmitted helminths chemotherapy particularly in areas where the prevalence of Trichuris trichiura is high and polyparasitism is common.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
  17. A game of three monkeys: Kadazan Dusun villagers and violence against women
    Koepping E
    Sojourn, 2003;18(2):279-98.
    PMID: 21894631
    Based on detailed and long-term anthropological research among rural Kadazans, the paper sets out the social history of domestic violence in one Sabah village. In more than 30 per cent of the households, there is a woman who has experienced repeated spousal abuse during her life. Adding those men who abused earlier spouses, and adults who lived through the abuse of their mothers in childhood, it is clear that violence is and has long been part of everyday — yet secret — village experience. For various reasons, researchers appear to have colluded in ignoring the issue. To help those women and their children whose lives are blighted by fear and fearful memories, it would be wise to assume domestic violence is as present in rural as in urban settings.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health/history
  18. Fulltext Prevalance of obesity and overweight in northeastern peninsular Malaysia and their relationship with cardiovascular risk factors
    Mohamad WB, Mokhtar N, Mafauzy M, Mustaffa BE, Musalmah M
    Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1996 Jun;27(2):339-42.
    PMID: 9279999
    Height and body weight were measured in 2,284 subjects over 20 years old. The subjects were chosen by cluster sampling in 9 districts of Kelantan. Blood was drawn after an overnight fast for measurement of cholesterol (chol), triglyceride (TG), VLDL and HDL-Chol. Oral glucose tolerance test was performed with 75 g glucose. The overall prevalence of overweight [BMI (kg/m2) > or = 25-< or = 30] and obesity (BMI > 30) was 21.3% and 4.5% respectively. The overweight and obese were significantly younger than the lean subjects. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia (chol > 5.2 mmol/l) in lean, overweight and obese subjects was 65.3%, 70.2% and 74.7%, respectively. Impaired glucose tolerance was found in 16.6% of the lean, 21.6% of the overweight and 32.0% of the obese subjects. Diabetes mellitus was found in 7.9% of the lean, 10.5% of the overweight and 6.7 of the obese subjects. 10.1% of lean, 13.2% of overweight and 23.3% of obese individuals were hypertensive. In conclusion, the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Malaysia was associated with adverse lipid and glucose metabolism as well as poor blood pressure control.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
  19. Soil-transmitted helminthiases among inhabitants of an oil-palm plantation in West Malaysia
    Kan SP
    J Trop Med Hyg, 1989 Aug;92(4):263-9.
    PMID: 2760969
    A total of 819 Indian inhabitants (from 6 months to over 60 years of age) in an oil-palm plantation in West Malaysia was examined for soil-transmitted helminthiases using the brine flotation and Kato thick smear techniques. Half (51.0%) of the inhabitants were found to be infected (33.9% had Ascaris lumbricoides; 36.4% had Trichuris trichiura and 15.6% had Necator americanus). Soil-transmitted helminthiases (both single and mixed infections) were significantly more common among children and young adults from 6 months to 20 years of age where 67.1% (range: 64.7-70.3%) of this age group were infected. The infection rate declined to about 25% or less among elderly people over 50 years of age. Trichuris trichiura was the commonest helminth observed--both as single and mixed infections--and Trichuris mixed with Ascaris was the commonest type of double infection reported. However, there were no significant differences in the distribution of the types of single and double infections among inhabitants of different age groups, nor were there any significant differences in the distribution of soil-transmitted helminthiases among male and female inhabitants. The socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors contributing to persistently high rates of infection with soil-transmitted helminths among plantation inhabitants are discussed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
  20. Nutritional status in a rural estate community
    Kandiah N, Boo LJ
    Med J Malaysia, 1977 Jun;31(4):270-6.
    PMID: 412038
    Matched MeSH terms: Rural Health*
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