[HTML][HTML] Diabetes care in Malaysia: problems, new models, and solutions

Z Hussein, SW Taher, HKG Singh, WCS Swee - Annals of Global Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Diabetes is a major public health concern in Malaysia, and the prevalence of
type 2 diabetes (T2D) has escalated to 20.8% in adults above the age of 30, affecting 2.8 …

Chronic non-communicable diseases and the challenge of universal health coverage: insights from community-based cardiovascular disease research in urban poor …

A de-Graft Aikins, M Kushitor, K Koram, S Gyamfi… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background The rising burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in low and middle
income countries has major implications on the ability of these countries to achieve …

Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular disease risk factors among the residents of urban community housing projects in Malaysia

M Amiri, HA Majid, FM Hairi, N Thangiah, A Bulgiba… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Objectives The objectives are to assess the prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk factors among the residents of Community Housing Projects in …

A web-based dietary intervention for people with type 2 diabetes: development, implementation, and evaluation

A Ramadas, CKY Chan, B Oldenburg… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Diabetes is becoming a very important health issue in rapidly develo**
nations and there is an urgent need to improve overall diabetes self-management education …

Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on food-drug interaction (FDI) among pharmacists working in government health facilities in Sabah, Malaysia

JHC Khong, TM Tuan Mahmood, SL Tan, JYH Voo… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Food-drug interaction (FDI) is prevalent in our day-to-day life. Widely
recognised as drug expert, pharmacists are responsible to provide patient education …

The reliability and validity of the Malay version 17-item Diabetes Distress Scale

BH Chew, F Mukhtar, MS Sherina… - … family physician: the …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction Diabetes-related distress (DRD) refers to patient's concerns about diabetes
mellitus, its management, need of support, emotional burden and access to healthcare. The …

The rural bite in population pyramids: what are the implications for responsiveness of health systems in middle income countries?

NK Jahan, P Allotey, D Arunachalam, S Yasin… - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background Health services can only be responsive if they are designed to service the
needs of the population at hand. In many low and middle income countries, the rate of …

[HTML][HTML] Malaysia's clinical research ecosystem

KF Khalid, AJA Ooi - 2017 - appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com
The impact of globalization resulted in the shift of industry-sponsored clinical research (ISR)
from high economic countries to Eastern European, Latin American and Asian countries …

Effects of Subjective Memory Complaints (SMCs) and Social Capital on Self‐Rated Health (SRH) in a Semirural Malaysian Population

KH Yap, D Mohan, BCM Stephan… - Journal of Aging …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) and social capital were known to be related to self‐
rated health (SRH). Despite this, no studies have examined the potential interaction of SMC …

Health systems implications of rare genetic conditions in low-and middle-income countries: a case study approach

PA Allotey, CD Allotey-Reidpath… - Critical Public …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A resilient and responsive health system providing universal health coverage is one that is
able to cope with both the commonplace conditions faced by the majority as well as rare …