A5033896679- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Physical Activity and Health
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health and Lifestyle Studies
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
University of Malaya
2018-2021
Ministry of Health
2016-2017
Overweight and obesity are growing health problems both worldwide in Malaysia due to such lifestyle changes as decreased physical activity (PA), increased sedentary behavior unhealthy eating habits. This study examined the levels patterns of PA among normal-weight overweight/obese adults investigate association between level overweight/obesity Malaysian adults. used data from 2015 National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS), a nationwide cross-sectional survey that implemented two-stage...
Hypertension is strongly associated with chronic diseases such as myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and renal failure. The objective of this study to determine the trend prevalence, awareness, treatment, control hypertension among Malaysian population since 2006 2015. used data from National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2006, 2011, It was a cross-sectional two-stage stratified random sampling throughout Malaysia for eligible respondents 18 years old above. Respondents were...
A multitude of studies have revealed that smoking is a learned behaviour during adolescence and efforts to reduce the incidence has been identified as long-term measures curb menace. The objective this study was determine prevalence well intra inter-personal factors associated with among upper secondary school students in selected schools Peninsular Malaysia.A carried out 2013, which involved total 40 schools. They were randomly using two-stage clustering sampling method. Subsequently, all...
Abstract Background: Suicidal ideation, defined as thoughts, ideas and the desire to commit suicide, is becoming a major public health problem among adolescents. Indeed, suicidal ideation known key predictor of future suicide risk. Objective: This study aims determine prevalence risk factors associated with adolescents in Malaysia. Methods: used data from 2013 Malaysian adolescent behavior (MyAHRB) study, cross-sectional school survey conducted Peninsular Malaysia school-going aged 16–17...
Mortality indicators are essential for monitoring population health. Although Malaysia has a functional death registration system, the quality of information on causes still needs improvement, since approximately 30% deaths classified to poorly defined causes. This study was conducted verify registered in sample 2013 and utilise findings estimate cause-specific mortality 2013.This is cross-sectional involving nationally representative 14,497 distributed across 19 districts. Registered were...
Susceptibility to smoking is a reliable predictor of initiation. This article describes its prevalence and associated factors among Malaysian school adolescents. Data were obtained from the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) 2012, nationwide representative sample The overall susceptibility was 6.0% significantly higher males (9.5%) compared with females (3.6%). Multivariable analyses revealed that (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 3.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.70-4.18)...
Abstract The continuous presence of elevated blood pressure (BP) when young is a strong predictor future cardiovascular risk. This study aimed to elucidate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control young-onset hypertension (YOH) in Malaysia during period 2006–2015. Data on respondents aged 18–39 diagnosed with YOH according 7th Joint National Committee Report (USA) were extracted from three Health Morbidity Surveys (2006, 2011, 2015). prevalence remained stable: 17.7%, 95% CI [17.0,...