MeSH terms: Asia; Asia, Southeastern; Community Health Workers*; Delivery of Health Care*; Developing Countries; Education; Employee Performance Appraisal*; Evaluation Studies as Topic*; Family Planning Services; Health; Health Personnel*; Health Planning; Health Services; Malaysia; Organization and Administration; Sex Education*; Program Evaluation*; Program Development*; Rural Health Services*
MeSH terms: Asia; Asia, Southeastern; Developing Countries; Family Planning Services; Health Planning; Malaysia; Patient Acceptance of Health Care*; Research; Statistics as Topic*; Sterilization, Reproductive*; Program Evaluation*
Needle-fish are slender silvery fish with long pointed beaks. They are commonly seen swimming beneath the surface near fringing reefs in the Indo-Pacific area. Such areas are also frequented by Melanesian villagers. The speed of needle-fish, together with their tendency to leap out of the water when bright lights are used for fishing and at other times, occasionally result in deep, penetrating injuries to swimmers, waders, and, in particular, to fishermen who are working at night from small canoes. Injuries from needle-fish are a relatively common occupational hazard of subsistence village life in Oceania, and probably also for some fishermen in other coastal environments, such as those in Japan and Malaysia.