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A field survey, based on a representative sample of children aged 12 to 16 years was carried out in three different areas of Malaysia. The data derived from the study have revealed that 10.5 per cent of them used drugs for non-medical reasons. Drug use was more common among boys (11.9 per cent) than girls (8.6 per cent). The highest frequency of drug was found in the youngest group--12-year-old children (13.5 per cent). The use of barbiturate and/or non-barbiturate sedatives (5.5 per cent) ranked first. This was followed in descending order by tranquillizers (4.5 per cent), simultants/amphetamines (3.9 per cent), heroin (3.6 per cent), morphine and/or opium (3.9 per cent), the hallucinogens (3.1 per cent) and cannabis (2.7 per cent).

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

A study on socio-medical variables of drug-dependent persons volunteering for treatment in Penang, Malaysia

Navaratnam V, Spencer CP

Bull Narc, 1978 Jan-Mar;30(1):1-7.

PMID: 352461

There has been a rapid increase in the past five years in the numbers of hospitalized drug dependents. While the studied population was clearly unrepresentative of the country-wide drug using population, it illustrates how the problem is neither limited to one particular stratum of society, nor to the few "traditional" drugs. Indeed, an increasingly youthful group of individuals drawn from all backgrounds is not only becoming dependent upon opiates, but is also using a range of other drugs, all of which are available on the market at relatively low cost. The market prices of drugs have an effect on the pattern of drug use; and many individuals move directly from tobacco to heroin smoking. Drug abuse continues to be a considerable public and governmental concern, and enforcement and treatment programmes are rapidly expanding in attempts to resolve this problem.

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Smoking habits among medical students in the University of Malaya

Pathmanathan I

Med J Malaysia, 1975 Dec;30(2):88-92.

PMID: 1228387

In a study during 1972 of smoking habits of Malaysian medical students, smoking rates of medical students was seen to be higher than that of students in four other faculties in the University of Malaya. Male Malaysian medical students had higher smoking rates than their counterparts in Glasgow in 1971 (UM 20.3%, Glasgow 19.1%) but Malaysian females had very low smoking rates (male 25.2%, female 1.6%). Despite the fact that in the medical curriculum students are made aware of the scientific evidence on the health hazards of smoking, smoking rates were higher in students int their later years of study. Ethnicity was associate with smoking rates although father's smoking habit was not - and Malays had the highest smoking rates (malay 28.2%, chinese 16.3%, indian and others 23.5%).

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Some observations of the typhoid outbreak in Sungai Padang, Perlis

Singh N, Menon V

Med J Malaysia, 1975 Dec;30(2):93-7.

PMID: 1228388

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among the ethnic groups in Singapore

Cheah JS, Tambyah JA, Mitra NR

Trop Geogr Med, 1975 Mar;27(1):14-6.

PMID: 1169832

During a routine medical examination of 5280 government employees (2736 males, 2544 females; age range 17 to 66 years; 3386 Chinese, 1252 Malays, 508 Indians and 134 other ethnic groups) diabetes was found in 31 (0.59%). The prevalence was higher in males (0.95%) than in females (0.20%). The highest prevalence was in the age-group 50 to 59 years (5.4%); at ages 30 to 66 years, the overall prevalence was 2.18%. The prevalence of diabetes is higher in Indians (2.76%) than in Chinese (0.30%) and Malays (0.48%); the difference is statistically significant, as it also is in the age-group 30 to 66 years (Indians 6.36%, Malays 1.39%, Chinese 0.9%). Of the 31 cases, only four were previously known and only nine were overwieght. The possible reasons for the higher prevalence of diabetes in Indians are discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

[On three Trichostrongylides Nematodes parasites of the Tupaiidae]

Durette-Desset MC, Chabaud AG

Ann Parasitol Hum Comp, 1975 Mar-Apr;50(2):173-85.

PMID: 1163943

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Characteristics

A transcultural view of sibling rank and mental disorder

Hartog J

Acta Psychiatr Scand, 1974;50(1):33-49.

PMID: 4826849

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Phenobarbitone in neonatal jaundice

Sinniah D, Tay LK, Dugdale AE

Arch Dis Child, 1971 Oct;46(249):712-5.

PMID: 5118063

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Preliminary survey of aetiological factors in femoral shaft fractures

Iqbal QM

Med J Malaya, 1970 Sep;25(1):25-8.

PMID: 4249490

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Filariasis in Sabah, East Malaysia

Barclay R

Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 1969 Dec;63(4):473-88.

PMID: 4393668

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Keloids in various races. A review of 175 cases

Alhady SM, Sivanantharajah K

Plast Reconstr Surg, 1969 Dec;44(6):564-6.

PMID: 5352921

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Comparison of uric acid levels in some Oriental and Caucasian groups unselected as to gout or hyperuricemia

Duff IF, Mikkelsen WM, Dodge HJ, Himes DS

Arthritis Rheum., 1968 Apr;11(2):184-90.

PMID: 5645731 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780110209

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

The "intelligence" of Malaysian medical students

Wagner NN

Br J Med Educ, 1968 Mar;2(1):24-7.

PMID: 5645767

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Itching for a diagnosis - A travel medicine perspective on delusional infestation

Maher S, Hallahan B, Flaherty G

Travel Med Infect Dis, 2017 05 31;18:70-72.

PMID: 28576666 DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.05.011

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Factors

Fulltext Work place violence (WPV) against healthcare workers in Africa: A systematic review

Njaka S, Edeogu OC, Oko CC, Goni MD, Nkadi N

Heliyon, 2020 Sep;6(9):e04800.

PMID: 32964153 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04800

Background: WPV amongst healthcare workers has been reported as a public health challenge across the countries of the world, with more in the developing countries where condition of care and service is very poor.

Objectives: We aimed to systematically produce empirical evidence on the WPV against health care workers in Africa through the review of relevant literature.

Method: We sourced for evidence through the following databases: PubMed, Science direct and Scopus from 30th November to 31st December 2019 as well as the reference list of the studies included. A total of 22 peer reviewed articles were included in the review (8065 respondents). Quality appraisal of the included studies was assessed using critical appraisal tools for cross-sectional studies.

Result: Across the studies, diverse but high prevalence of WPV ranging from 9% to 100% was reported with the highest in South Africa (54%-100%) and Egypt (59.7%-86.1%). The common types were verbal, physical, sexual harassment and psychological violence. The correlates of WPV reported were gender, age, shift duty, emergency unit, psychiatric unit, nursing, marital status and others. Various impacts were reported including psychological impacts and desire to quit nursing. Patients and their relatives, the coworkers and supervisors were the mostly reported perpetrators of violence. Doctors were mostly implicated in the sexual violence against nurses. Policy on violence and management strategies were non-existent across the studies.

Conclusion: High prevalence of WPV against healthcare workers exists in Africa but there is still paucity of research on the subject matter. However, urgent measures like policy formulation and others must be taken to address the WPV as to avert the impact on the healthcare system.

Matched MeSH terms: Sex Offenses

Fulltext The impact of implementing HIV prevention policies therapy and control strategy among HIV and AIDS incidence cases in Malaysia

Apenteng OO, Osei PP, Oduro B, Kwabla MP, Ismail NA

Infect Dis Model, 2020;5:755-765.

PMID: 33073067 DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.09.009

Malaysia is faced with a high HIV/AIDS burden that poses a public health threat. We constructed and applied a compartmental model to understand the spread and control of HIV/AIDS in Malaysia. A simple model for HIV and AIDS disease that incorporates condom and uncontaminated needle-syringes interventions and addresses the relative impact of given treatment therapy for infected HIV newborns on reducing HIV and AIDS incidence is presented. We demonstrated how treatment therapy for new-born babies and the use of condoms or uncontaminated needle-syringes impact the dynamics of HIV in Malaysia. The model was calibrated to HIV and AIDS incidence data from Malaysia from 1986 to 2011. The epidemiological parameters are estimated using Bayesian inference via Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation method. The reproduction number optimal for control of the HIV/AIDS disease obtained suggests that the disease-free equilibrium was unstable during the 25 years. However, the results indicated that the use of condoms and uncontaminated needle-syringes are pivotal intervention control strategies; a comprehensive adoption of the intervention may help stop the spread of HIV disease. Treatment therapy for newborn babies is also of high value; it reduces the epidemic peak. The combined effect of condom use or uncontaminated needle-syringe is more pronounced in controlling the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Matched MeSH terms: Safe Sex

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