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Instructional development in medical education

Teoh ST

Med J Malaysia, 1973 Sep;28(1):16-8.

PMID: 4273775

A synergistic approach to organising educational support services in medical schools--the Malaysian experience

Teoh ST

Med Biol Illus, 1975 Nov;25(4):193-8.

PMID: 1228345

The nutritional status of children in an urban squatter community in Malaysia

Yap SB, Teoh ST

Asia Pac J Public Health, 1989;3(4):297-300.

PMID: 2517875

An anthropometric assessment was conducted on a sample of 309 children, aged twelve years and below, from an urban squatter community in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The community consists mainly of Malays and Indians and is fairly established with a mean length of residence of about fifteen years. There was not much difference between the two ethnic groups with regard to educational status or income. Most of the residents were unskilled or semiskilled workers employed in factories and government agencies. About 40 percent of the infants and toddlers were found to be wasted, while about one-third of the older children were stunted. There appears to be some association between income per capita and nutritional status.

Introduction to management: Organization and Management of Health Services (OMHS) in Malaysia

Saimy I, Ghani SN, Teoh ST

Med J Malaysia, 2002 Dec;57 Suppl E:99-101.

PMID: 12733202

Fulltext Socio-environmental predictors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in a rural community in Malaysia

Hidayah NI, Teoh ST, Hillman E

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1997 Dec;28(4):811-5.

PMID: 9656406

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a common problem in communities with poor socio-environmental conditions. This study was undertaken to identify important socio-environmental predictors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Bachok, a rural community in Kelantan for the development and implementation of an effective prevention and control program. Of 363 children randomly sampled, 38.8% were infected with soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Risk predictors of soil-transmitted helminthiasis found to be significant after adjustment included poor household hygiene score and large household size. The probability of being infected was 0.58 amongst children with both of these risk factors.

Fulltext Glycaemic Changes Among Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Before and During Ramadan Fasting Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Teoh ST, Hussain S, Hong JYH

J ASEAN Fed Endocr Soc, 2022;37(2):49-59.

PMID: 36578892 DOI: 10.15605/jafes.037.02.08

OBJECTIVES: This study described and compared glycaemic changes with the use of the following Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) metrics: time in range, time in hyperglycaemia and time in hypoglycaemia from retrospective CGM data among children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM), before and during Ramadan to better understand the impact of fasting during this season.

METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted in 2 tertiary centres: Hospital Putrajaya (HPJ) and Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) from February to May 2020. Muslim T1DM patients between ages 8 to18 who intended to fast during Ramadan were given Ramadan-focused education. CGM iPro2® (Medtronic) was used before and during Ramadan, complemented by finger-prick glucose monitoring or self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG).

RESULTS: Of the 32 patients, only 24 (12 female) were analysed. Mean age was 13.6 ± 3.1 years old, mean HbAlc was 9.6 ± 1.9% and mean duration of illness was 5.4 ± 3.4 years. Majority (91.7%) were on multiple dose injections (MDI) while only 8.3% were on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). All fasted in Ramadan without acute complications. Retrospective CGM analysis revealed similar results in time in range (TIR), time in hyperglycaemia and time in hypoglycaemia before and during Ramadan, indicating no increased hypoglycaemic or hyperglycaemic events related to fasting. Glycaemic variability before Ramadan as measured by the LBGI, HBGI and MAG, were similar to values during Ramadan.

CONCLUSION: Ramadan fasting among T1DM children and adolescents, by itself, is not associated with short-term glycaemic deterioration. T1DM youths can fast safely in Ramadan with the provision of focused education and regular SMBG.

Nutritional status of Kadazan children in a rural district in Sabah, Malaysia

Gan CY, Chin B, Teoh ST, Chan MK

Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 1993 Jun;24(2):293-301.

PMID: 8266232

The nutritional status of 896 Kadazan children below 6 years of age from 23 villages of Tambunan District were studied. When stunting and wasting were defined as those who were below two standard deviations of height-for-age and weight-for-height (Waterlow et al, 1977) and based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference population, 67.6% of boys and 66.8% of girls were stunted while 12.3% of boys and 8.3% of girls were wasted. Weaning foods and toddler feeding practices were unsatisfactory. The role of health education on child care and feeding practices is emphasized.

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