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Building a fairer, healthier world for migrants Bernama THE Covid-19 pandemic has greatly undermined recent health advances, driven more people into poverty and food insecurity, as well as amplified health inequities. Despite affecting all population segments, migrant workers are said to be the worst hit, following various issues they face as outsiders in a foreign land. Malaysia is home to at least two million documented migrant workers, while two to four million - who are mostly from Indonesia and Bangladesh - are illegals. This means nearly one in five workers in Malaysia is a document...

Background: Lack of evidence regarding whether a useful examination instrument such as an multiple choice question (MCQ) quiz is reliable for assessing delirium care knowledge. Aims and objectives: To develop and psychometrically test a MCQ-based quiz for assessing the delirium care knowledge of critical care nurses. Design: Instrument development and psychometric evaluation study. Methods: The development and validation process consisted of two phases. The first Phase focused on the quiz development, which was achieved through the following steps: (a) generation of an initial 20-item pool; (b...

Published March 15, 2021 The University of Louisiana Monroe will offer a graduate certificate in Interprofessional Leadership in Healthcare beginning with the Fall 2021 semester.   The certificate is in the Health Studies program in the School of Allied Health of the ULM College of Health Sciences. It is the only one of its kind in Louisiana.     As Louisiana continues to shift toward serving people in the community, there is a need to create healthcare workers who practice interprofessional collaboration, according to Jessica Dolecheck...

LETTER | When too salty kills A - LETTER | “More Flavour, Less Salt!” The World Salt Awareness Week falls from March 8 to 14 this year. The aim is to raise awareness of the damaging effect of too much salt on our health. The campaign is part of the global strategy to reduce salt consumption. Our local study showed that the average salt intake per day among Malaysians was 7.9g in 2017–2018.  This far exceeded the level recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is less than 5g per day. One of the global NCD targets by the WHO is to reduce salt intake by 30 percent.

LETTER | Choose to challenge gender inequality in health Modified7 Mar 2021, 5:28 pm A - LETTER | March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a global day to celebrate women’s achievements and raise awareness about women’s equality. The campaign theme for 2021 is “Choose to Challenge”, specifically on gender bias and inequality. Gender inequalities occur in different aspects of life, including health, education, employment, protection, politics and power. Excess maternal mortality, inadequate sexual and reproductive health service, intimate partner violence, unequal healthcare service...