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Receptivity towards Remote Service Delivery among Social Work Clients and Practitioners during COVID Times: A Systematic Review

Chuah XJ, Aw CB, Ong PN, Samsuri KB, Dhaliwal SS

J Evid Based Soc Work (2019), 2023 Nov 02;20(6):800-839.

PMID: 37401444 DOI: 10.1080/26408066.2023.2228791

PURPOSE: This systematic review aims to identify and synthesize the available evidence on the receptivity toward, perceived advantages and challenges of remote service delivery among social work clients and practitioners during the context of COVID-19.

METHOD: Two electronic databases were searched from 2020 to 2022. Identified papers were screened against the established eligibility criteria, yielding 15 papers. Two additional papers were further identified through hand-search. As heterogeneity of studies was high, a narrative synthesis was performed to summarize the overall evidence.

RESULTS: Our review provides evidence that remote service delivery holds the potential to increase access to services among selected client populations as well as promote a sense of empowerment for clients and opportunities for practice enhancement for practitioners.

DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION: The findings from our study highlighted the need for innovative solutions and practical considerations for ongoing remote service, including the careful considerations of social work clients' and practitioners' suitability, the need for provision of training and ongoing support to optimize practitioners' well-being. As the delivery of services transition to face-to-face or remain remote, further research is needed to assess the promise of remote practice in optimizing overall service delivery, while maintaining client-reported satisfaction.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups

Energy requirements of the population in Singapore

MILLIS J

Med J Malaya, 1956 Dec;11(2):119-25.

PMID: 13417935

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

The need for metrics to measure progress on racial equity in global public health and medicine

Khan MS, Guinto RR, Boro E, Rahman-Shepherd A, Erondu NA

Lancet, 2022 Dec 10;400(10368):2019-2021.

PMID: 36502829 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02464-3

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

Fulltext Time-Use and Mental Health in Older Adults: A Scoping Review

Foong HF, Lim SY, Koris R, Haron SA

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Apr 22;18(9).

PMID: 33922295 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18094459

Time-use of older adults can be different than in earlier life, especially during the transition from pre- to post-retirement or after experiencing major life events, and the changes could affect their mental health. However, the extent and nature of such research in gerontology have not been examined to date. Therefore, this scoping review sought to map the literature on time-use and mental health in the older population to examine the extent and nature of those research activities. A scoping review was conducted using four databases-PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, and EMBASE according to PRISMA guidelines. Data were extracted using a pretested tool to develop a descriptive analysis and thematic summary. A total of 11 articles met the eligibility criteria. Seven out of 11 studies involved cross-sectional design, while the remainder were longitudinal studies. The longitudinal studies mainly were secondary data analysis. Time-use data were mainly collected using daily diaries, and the most common mental health outcome included was depression. Only two studies did not evaluate the direct relationship between time-use and mental health. Our review has revealed studies evaluating time-use and mental health in older adults. Limitations of review and recommendations for future studies are discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

The ABO blood group frequency distribution of Kuala Lumpur based on a blood donor sample

Duraisamy G, Amarasingham RD

Med J Malaya, 1971 Jun;25(4):257-62.

PMID: 4261296

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

"Hypertrichosis pinnae auris" in Malaysian peoples

Pallie W

Med J Malaya, 1968 Sep;23(1):67-72.

PMID: 4237562

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

Taste-thresholds for phenylthiocarbamide of some population groups. II. The thresholds of two uncivilized ethnic groups living in Malaya

LUGG JW

Ann. Hum. Genet., 1957 Mar;21(3):244-53.

PMID: 13411870

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

Taste thresholds for phenylthiocarbamide of some population groups. I The thresholds of some civilized ethnic groups living in Malaya

LUGG JW, WHYTE JM

Ann. Hum. Genet., 1955 Jun;19(4):290-311.

PMID: 14388535

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

Fulltext Knowledge of diabetes and lifestyle behaviour amongst indigenous population in Peninsular Malaysia

Ahmad B, Khalid BA, Quek KF, Anuar Z, Phipps ME

Med J Malaysia, 2013 Aug;68(4):309-14.

PMID: 24145258 MyJurnal

A cross-sectional study involving seven Orang Asli
settlements located in three different states in Peninsular
Malaysia; Johor, Selangor and Perak.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

Poverty within watershed and environmentally protected areas: the case of the indigenous community in Peninsular Malaysia

Kari FB, Masud MM, Yahaya SR, Saifullah MK

Environ Monit Assess, 2016 Mar;188(3):173.

PMID: 26887312 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5162-1

"Indigenous people" have been acknowledged as among the poorest and most socio-economically and culturally marginalized all over the world. This paper explores the socio-economic status of the indigenous people and their poverty profile within watershed and environmentally protected areas in Peninsular Malaysia. The findings of the study indicate that the "indigenous community" is likely to be poor if they live in environmentally sensitive and unprotected areas as compared to families under the new resettlement scheme. Inadequate access to basic education and employment contributed significantly to their poor economic status. The findings further reveal that the indigenous community is facing difficulties in receiving access and support in terms of basic needs such as housing, education, economic livelihood, and other social infrastructure. Moreover, the regulatory structure for the management of watershed areas as well as the emphasis for commodity crops such as palm oil and natural rubber have indirectly contributed toward the poverty level of the indigenous people.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

Child mortality in Malaysia: explaining ethnic differences and the recent decline

Panis CW, Lillard LA

Popul Stud (Camb), 1995 Nov;49(3):463-79.

PMID: 11608959

Infant and child mortality rates have dropped sharply for all ethnic groups in Malaysia between 1950 and 1988, but persistent ethnic differences remain. In this article we assess the contribution of several potential reasons both for the decline and the remaining differences between the Malay and Chinese sub-populations. Increased use of health inputs is found to explain a substantial part of the decline, but increased education of mothers, and income growth are also important. Longer spacing between births, and, higher average age at birth as a result of lower fertility and higher age at marriage provide only a marginal direct contribution to the fall in mortality. We find that lower mortality among the Chinese is accounted for by their higher incomes and greater propensty to purchase medical care. We also control for self-selection among users of medical care, and find that those who use health care in Malaysia tend to be subject to higher-than-average risks.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups/history*

[Description of Onchocerca dewittei n. sp. (Filarioidea), parasite of Sus scrofa, in Malaysia (author's transl)]

Bain O, Ramachandran CP, Petter F, Mak JW

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp, 1977 7 1;52(4):471-9.

PMID: 931324

Onchocerca dewittei n. sp. was collected from a wild Boar at the metatarse level (tendons and subcutaneous connective tissue); it can be differentiated from other species by the female cuticle showing straight ridges which overlap in the lateral fields, and by its relatively thick microfilaria (length 228-247 mu and width 6-7 mu). This suidean Onchocerca displays some primitive characters such as straight ridges and persistency of ten pairs of caudal papillae in the male; but as a whole this species is undoubtedly more highly evolved than O. raillieti Bain, Müller and coll., 1976, a parasite of Equidae.

Matched MeSH terms: Animal Population Groups/parasitology*

Differences in growth of the dental arch in some 'races' of man

Lavelle CL, Flinn RM, Foster TD, Hamilton MC

J Anat, 1970 Jul;107(Pt 1):182-3.

PMID: 5473274

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

Fulltext Defining the concepts of a smart nursing home and its potential technology utilities that integrate medical services and are acceptable to stakeholders: a scoping review protocol

Zhao Y, Rokhani FZ, Shariff Ghazali S, Chew BH

BMJ Open, 2021 02 18;11(2):e041452.

PMID: 33602703 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041452

INTRODUCTION: Smart technologies, digital health and eHealth have been shown to enhance institutional elderly care. Because of the rapidly ageing societies, information technologies in geriatric healthcare are urgently needed. A lot of innovation in smart healthcare has occurred in the past decade, and its use in nursing care assessment, daily living activities and service management is yet to be defined. More fundamentally, the concepts, definitions and scopes of a smart nursing home are still vague. Thus, this scoping review aims to examine the extent, range (variety) and nature (characteristics) of evidence on the existing smart concepts and feasible healthcare technologies, types of medical services in nursing home settings and acceptability of a smart nursing home by the elderly people ≥60 years old, their caregivers, nursing home operators and government agencies.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This scoping review will be guided by the smart technology adoption behaviours of elder consumers theoretical model (Elderadopt) by Golant and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for Scoping Reviews. First, we will conduct an internet search for nursing homes and websites and databases related to the stakeholders to retrieve the definitions, concepts and criteria of a smart nursing home (phase 1). Second, we will conduct an additional systematic electronic database search for published articles on any measures of technological feasibility and integration of medical services in nursing home settings and their acceptability by nursing home residents and caregivers (phase 2). The electronic database search will be carried out from 1999 to 30 September 2020 and limited to works published in English and Chinese languages. For phase 2, the selection of literature is further limited to residents of nursing homes aged ≥60 years old with or without medical needs but are not terminally ill or bed-bound. Qualitative data analysis will follow the Framework Methods and thematic analysis using combined inductive and deductive approaches, conducted by at least two reviewers.

ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This protocol is registered on osf.io (URL: https://osf.io/qtwz2/). Ethical approval is not necessary as the scoping review is not a primary study, and the information is collected from selected articles that are publicly available sources. All findings will be disseminated at conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups*

Prevalence of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in the multi-ethnic Penang Island, Malaysia, and a review of worldwide prevalence

Hor JY, Lim TT, Chia YK, Ching YM, Cheah CF, Tan K, et al.

Mult Scler Relat Disord, 2018 Jan;19:20-24.

PMID: 29100047 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2017.10.015

BACKGROUND: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) occurs worldwide in all ethnicities. Recently, population-based studies have shown that NMOSD is more common among non-White populations. There is scarce data about NMOSD prevalence in South East Asian populations.

METHODS: (1) A population-based study was undertaken to estimate NMOSD prevalence in the multi-ethnic Penang Island, Malaysia, comprising Chinese, Malays, and Indians. Medical records of NMOSD patients followed up at the Penang General Hospital (the neurology referral centre in Penang Island) were reviewed. The 2015 diagnostic criteria of the International Panel for NMO Diagnosis were used for case ascertainment. (2) A review of population-based prevalence studies of NMOSD worldwide was carried out. PubMed and conference proceedings were searched for such studies.

RESULTS: Of the 28 NMOSD patients, 14 were residents of Penang Island on prevalence day [13 (93%) Chinese and one (7%) Malay]. All 14 patients were females and aquaporin 4 seropositive. The prevalence of NMOSD in Penang Island was 1.99/100,000 population; according to ethnicities, the prevalence in Chinese was significantly higher than in Malays (3.31/100,000 vs 0.43/100,000, respectively, p = 0.0195).

CONCLUSION: Based on our and other population-based studies, among Asians, East Asian origin populations (Chinese and Japanese) appear to have higher NMOSD prevalence than other Asian ethnic groups. Worldwide, Blacks seem to have the highest NMOSD prevalence. More studies in different geographical regions and ethnic groups will be useful to further inform about potential factors in NMOSD pathogenesis.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups/ethnology*

Fulltext Absence of abnormal variants of cholinesterase (E.C. 3.1.1.1.8) in a Malaysian population with three major racial groups

Ganendran A, Ogle CW

Singapore Med J, 1975 Dec;16(4):256-8.

PMID: 1224217

Surveys in a number of European and American populations have found the frequency of occurrence of the heterozygotes for the gene for the dibucaine-resistant variant of cholinesterase (E.C.3.1.1.8) to be relatively constant. Similar surveys in Oriental population have shown low incidence of the same gene. This study done on the multi-racial population consisting of 3 major groups shows an absence of the gene for the dibucaine resistant variant of cholinesterase. This is supported by the clinical experience in the use of suxamethonium as a single dose in more than 25,000 individuals.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

Racial differences in hospitalization rates among navy enlisted men

Hoiberg A, Berard SP, Ernst J

Public Health Rep, 1981;96(2):121-7.

PMID: 7208795

Similarities and differences in hospitalization rates among five racial groups serving in the Navy during a 3-year period (1973-75) were examined, and the differences in terms of sociological and occupational factors were evaluated. Overall annual hospitalization rates per 10,000 men were blacks, 1,413; whites, 1,109; American Indians, 923; Asian-Americans, 683; and Malaysians (Filipinos), 508.Explanations for the low Malaysian hospitalization rate included selection of the fittest for service, age and job experience, and a low percentage of assignments to physically arduous occupations. Although blacks had the highest rates for many medical conditions, their rates for injuries, respiratory diseases, and infective disorders were comparable with those for whites. Blacks had the highest rates for several non-life-threatening conditions that required surgical procedures; this finding suggested that the Navy Medical Department had filled a longstanding need for corrective treatment.Although the results of this study should be useful to military medical planners responsible for the health care of all naval personnel, the authors conclude that detailed longitudinal studies are needed to establish more clearly the underlying biological and sociological factors associated with racial differences in morbidity.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups*

Collective danger and individual risk: cultural perspectives on the hazards of medical research

Parker DB, Barrett RJ

Intern Med J, 2003 Sep-Oct;33(9-10):463-4.

PMID: 14511200 DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00460.x

Changes in medical research ethics in the past two decades have made the communication of risk to potential participants a legal imperative. Using ethnographic data from two different cultures, we examine the hazards associated with medical research in relation to the respective societal contexts that imbue them with meaning. The Iban, a Dayak people indigenous to Borneo, perceive the hazards of participating in research in terms of danger to the collective. In Australia they are construed in terms of risk to individuals. Risk in medical research is one manifestation of a broader notion of 'risk' that is constitutive of the research enterprise itself and, we argue, fundamental to post-industrial society.

Matched MeSH terms: Population Groups

Fulltext Integrating campus community through outdoor education

Jaffry Zakaria

Jurnal Sains Sukan & Pendidikan Jasmani, 2012;1(1):89-95.

MyJurnal

The racial riot incident on 13th of May 1969 had opened the eyes of many people to realize on how important serious efforts to be focused in managing the sensitivity and the differences in multiracial society in countries like Malaysia. Many experts believe that integration can be build through outdoor education activities. The author will try to unravel and discuss on the outdoor education activity relations and integration campus community. This discussion will cover the latest issues and a variety of previous studies and personal experiences of the author as an outdoor education activist.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups

Pendefinisian semula konsep rempit

Ismail R, Borhanuddin B

Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 2009;olume 23:11-17.

This qualitative study reviewed the concept of Mat Rempit. This study used two methods of interviews. Firstly, individual interviews were conducted with 16 individuals who were from a school in Semenyih, Selangor and they had been involved in rempit activities. Secondly,focus group interviews were conducted involving three groups of individuals who were charged under Section 42 for driving recklessly their motorcycles in Penang, Johor Baharu and Kuala Lumpur. The main results of interviews indicate that rempit can be defined as any activity involving a motorcycle racing team of at least two people Generally, the race comprised various actions such as doing a sprint, or a lap and also stunts (such as, a wheelie or wheekang). In addition, there is ramping of engines of molorcycles and creating excessively loud sounds as well as shouting and showing hand signals. A Mat Rempit is a person involved in these activities. Other related findings and implications are also discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Continental Population Groups

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