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Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE e-ISSN: 2590-3829 ISSN: 1675-0306 (Supplement 2) 2019 Official Publication of the MALAYSIAN PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS’ ASSOCIATION ii Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 MJPHM Official Journal of Malaysian Public Health Physicians’Association EDITORIAL BOARD Chief Editor Prof. Dato’ Dr. Syed Mohamed Aljunid International Centre for Casemix and Clinical Coding, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia Deputy Chief Editor Prof. Dr. Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) Members: Dato’ Prof. Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman Ministry of Health Malaysia Assoc. Prof. Dr Retneswari Masilamani UCSI University, Malaysia Assoc Prof. Dr. Mohamed Rusli Abdullah University Sains Malaysia Assoc. Prof. Saperi Sulong University Kebangsaan Malaysia Prof. Dr. Maznah Dahlui University Malaya Dr. Roslan Johari Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Othman Warijo Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Amin Sah bin Ahmad Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Ghazali bin Chik Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Sabrina binti Che Abd Rahman Ministry of Health Malaysia Dr. Mariam binti Mohamad Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Dr. Amrizal Muhd Nur National University of Malaysia Chief Editor Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine (MJPHM) International Centre for Casemix and Clinical Coding Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia ISSN: 1675–0306 The Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine is published twice a year Copyright reserved @ 2001 Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association Secretariate Address: The Secretariate International Centre for Casemix and Clinical Coding Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel: 03-91456986/6987/6988 Faks: 03-91456685, Email: [email protected] iii Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 MJPHM Official Journal of Malaysian Public Health Physicians’Association 9TH NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE TRANSLATING HEALTH POLICIES INTO EFFECTIVE ACTION 15th – 18th JULY 2018 ROYALE CHULAN HOTEL, SEREMBAN, NEGERI SEMBILAN EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Dr Mariam Mohamad Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Members Dr Zaliha Ismail Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Assoc. Prof Nor Afiah Mohd Zulkefli Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Dr Rafiza Shahrudin Institute for Medical Research (IMR) Dr Rohani Jahis Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) iv Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 CONTENTS PLENARY 1 BUILDING HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY ON HEALTH POLICY Mastura M.T., Malar Velli S., Ghazali C., Rohaizat, Y. PLENARY 2 ENHANCING TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN PUBLIC HEALTH Maznah Dahlui PLENARY 3 MANAGING HEALTH ECONOMIC EVIDENCE FOR HEALTH POLICY Syed Mohamed Aljunid SYMPOSIUM 1 EVIDENCE-BASED CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES S.1.1: SURVEILLANCE FOR ACTION: HAVE WE DONE ENOUGH? Wan Noraini Wan Mohamed Noor S.1.2: PRIORITIZING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES – ARE WE DOING IT RIGHT? Shamsul Azhar Shah SYMPOSIUM 2: EMERGING RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH S.2.1: SYSTEMATIC OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ENHANCEMENT LEVEL PROGRAMME (SOHELP) - TOWARDS ACHIEVING OSH MASTER PLAN 2020 BY CONTROLLING THE RISK AT THE WORKPLACE Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair S.2.2: WORK-RELATED STRESS - THE NEGLECTED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE. Priya a/p Ragunath S.2.3: THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING KOSPEN PLUS TO THE INDUSTRIES: CHALLENGES IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION Mohd Supian bin Hassan SYMPOSIUM 3 ADOLESCENT HEALTH S.3.1: METHODOLOGY OF ADOLESCENTS HEALTH SURVEY 2017 Norazizah Ibrahim Wong S.3.1: METHODOLOGY OF ADOLESCENTS HEALTH SURVEY 2017 Norazizah Ibrahim Wong S.3.2: Adolescents: Tobacco, Drugs & Alcohol Jane Ling Miaw Yn S.3.3: MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OF MALAYSIAN ADOLESCENTS: NATIONAL HEALTH & MORBIDITY SURVEY 2017 Mohamad Aznuddin Abd Razak S.3.4: VIOLENCE AMONG MALAYSIAN ADOLESCENTS: HOW BIG IS THE PROBLEM? S Maria Awaluddin SYMPOSIUM 4 MARKETING AND SUSTAINING HEALTHY BEHAVIOUR FOR NCD CONTROL S.4.1: THE NCDS PANDEMIC – WHAT DO WE HAVE TO COMBAT THEM? Feisul Idzwan Mustapha and Noraryana Hassan S.4.2: Towards Push, Demand and Request for Health Yahya Baba S.4.3: APPLYING NEUROLINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) TO SUSTAIN HEALTHY BEHAVIOUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY Mohd Mustaqiim Asmuji SYMPOSIUM 5 HEALTH FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENT FOR HEALTH v Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 S.5.1: INTEGRATING HEALTH IN PLANNED URBANIZATION Kamariah Binti Ibrahim S.5.2: EMERGING CONCERN IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: THE CONSEQUENCES OF GESTATIONAL EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS Norlen Mohamed S.5.3: COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT Badrul Hisham Abdul Samad SYMPOSIUM 6 CONTRIBUTION AND INTEGRATION OF MILITARY MEDICINE IN PUBLIC HEALTH S.6.1: EVOLVEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN MALAYSIA Md Amin b. Muslan S.6.2: OPERATIONAL MEDICINE AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF (HADR), ADAPTATION OF LESSONS LEARNT FROM BATTLEFIELD FOR POPULATION IN NEED Mohd Arshil bin Moideen S.6.3: AVIATION MEDICINE IN MALAYSIA – MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE AVIATION COMMUNITY Mohammad Razin Kamarulzaman (Rtd) S.6.4: UNDERWATER AND HYPERBARIC MEDICINE PRACTICE IN MALAYSIA – OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND CLINICAL MEDICINE PERSPECTIVE Andrew Ng Wei Aun SYMPOSIUM 7 COMMUNITY CENTERED HEALTHCARE S.7.1: ENHANCED PRIMARY HEALTHCARE: HOW ARE WE DOING? Noridah Mohd Salleh S.7.2: CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF OLDER MALAYSIAN: EVIDENCE BASED Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat S.7.3: APPLICATION OF MAQASID SYARIAH IN DECISION MAKING AND CHOOSING SAFE BIRTH DELIVERIES Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar SYMPOSIUM 8 PUBLIC HEALTH IN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0 (IR 4.0) S.8.1: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (IR) 4.0 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH Fazilah bt Shaik Allaudin S.8.2: BIG DATA ANALYTICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH Mira Kartiwi S.8.3: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN DISEASE CONTROL - INFECTIOUS DISEASE EARLY WARNING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Balvinder Singh Gill SYMPOSIUM 9 MALAYSIAN COMSUMPTION OF SALT STUDY (MyCoSS) S.9.1: ESTIMATING SODIUM INTAKE USING 24-HOUR URINARY EXCRETION: A POPULATION STUDY IN MALAYSIA Rashidah Ambak S.9.2: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO SALT INTAKE IN MALAYSIA: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM MYCOSS Cheong Siew Man, Rashidah Ambak, Fatimah Othman, Nor Azian Mohd Zaki, Ruhaya Salleh, Mohd Hasnan Ahmad, Azli Baharudin Shaharudin, Nur Shahida Abd Aziz, Syafinaz Mohd Sallehudin, Lalitha Palaniveloo, Noor Safiza Mohd Nor vi Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, Vol. 19 (Suppl 2) 2019 9th National Public Health Conference 2018, Translating Health Policies into Effective Action, 15-18 July 2018 S.9.3: DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EQUATION TO ESTIMATE SALT INTAKE FROM SPOT URINE IN MALAYSIA POPULATION Fatimah Othman ORAL PRESENTATION - EPIDEMIOLOGY EOP001 #2 EBOLA RECOVERY PROJECT SIERRA LEONE Wan Noraini Wan Mohamed Noor, Norhayati Rusli and Chong Chee Kheong EOP002 #8 MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS OUTBREAK IN BOARDING SCHOOL, KUALA LUMPUR Diana Mahat and Rozanim Kamarudin EOP003 #39 ROTAVIRUS OUTBREAK IN A HOT SPRING RECREATIONAL CENTRE IN BALING, KEDAH, 2017 Tan Seok Hong, Mohd Yusoff Hasim, Natrah Mohd Saad, Nor Zahrin Hasran EOP004 #60 VALIDATION OF THE YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE: FACTOR STRUCTURE AND ITEM ANALYSIS Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, Ahalya Kalasivan, Mahalakshmi Ponnusamy Pillai, Poopathy Suppiah, Salmiah Md Sharif, Shamini Gayathri Krishnan,Subasni Samy Pullay, Noor Ashikin Osman Huai Na Loo, Aniza Ismail, Mahadevan Tata EOP006 #67 RISK FACTORS OF DRUG ABUSE AMONG MALAY MALES FELDA SETTLERS IN JERANTUT, PAHANG Amir Faisal Mohd Khairi, Hejar Abdul Rahman and Sri Ganesh Muthiah EOP007 #68 WHAT PREDICTS DIET SELF-CARE BEHAVIOUR AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS? 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    PPSP/PG/OPH/CP2/IR1 MASTER OF MEDICINE OPHTHALMOLOGY Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019/2020 Malaysian Universities Conjoint Committee of Ophthalmology MASTER OF MEDICINE (OPHTHALMOLOGY) BY Professor Dr. Shatriah Ismail LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Associate Professor Datin Dr. Zunaina Embong Professor Dr. Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam Professor Dr. Liza Sharmini Ahmad Tajudin Dr. Evelyn Tai Li Min 1st Edition - May 2005 2nd Edition - May 2006 3rd Edition - May 2007 4th Edition - May 2008 5th Edition - May 2009 6th Edition - May 2010 7th Edition - May 2011 8th Edition - May 2012 9th Edition - May 2013 10th Edition - May 2014 11th Edition - May 2015 12th Edition - May 2016 13th Edition - May 2017 14th Edition - May 2018 15th Edition - May 2019 Preface Welcome to the Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) program at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). As a prior graduate of this program, it is my privilege to write the preface for this guidebook. As with any course one elects to undertake, one requires at least an understanding of the course structure, the syllabus, and the requirements for each phase, in order to successfully complete the course within a reasonable time. First released in 2005, this guidebook aims to give you an overview of these things and more. As a student, I often referred to my guidebook when in doubt, and even now, still have that original guidebook, although it has undergone many revisions since my time. As goalposts may shift, particularly the pre-requisites for continuous assessment and the examination formats, it would be advisable to refer to a copy of the most recent version of this book.
  • Original Article Rubella and Scarlet Fever Outbreak

    Original Article Rubella and Scarlet Fever Outbreak

    Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 2014, Vol. 14 (2): 50-55 ORIGINAL ARTICLE RUBELLA AND SCARLET FEVER OUTBREAK AMONG TRAINEES AT A TRAINING CAMP IN MERSING, JOHOR Mohamad Nizam Subahir1, Suraiti Hasim1 , Mohd. Badri Yacob1, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan2 1Mersing District Health Office, Jalan Ismail, 86800 Mersing, Johor 2Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, UKM Medical Centre, 56000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ABSTRACT Rubella is an acute and contagious disease which is mainly characterized by fever, rash, and cervical lymphadenopathy. This contagious disease spreads easily through nasopharyngeal secretions, droplet or direct contact with patients. Meanwhile clinical features of scarlet fever include a sore throat, skin rash and strawberry tongue. A descriptive study was conducted to describe the epidemiological characteristic of diseases at a Training Camp in Mersing. Data obtained on demographic details, onset and time of fever and rash or contact with ill person 14 to 21 days prior to symptoms. Screening and interview conducted for all suspected cases of Rubella. 47.4% of the cases presented on 5th June 2012 followed by 15.8% on 11th June 2012 and 13.5% on 12th June 2012. Maculo papular rash was the predominant presenting symptom among students with acute infection in this outbreak (100%) followed by fever (36.8%). Measles specific IgM was not detected in the serum taken but rubella specific IgM was detected in 66.7% (6/19) of samples. 55% (11/20) were positive for ASOT. 4 trainees had Rubella and Scarlet Fever co-infection. It was found out that the outbreak occurred among 391 residents in the camp who shared common places for activities such as lecture, physical activity and meal.
  • The Provider-Based Evaluation (Probe) 2014 Preliminary Report

    The Provider-Based Evaluation (Probe) 2014 Preliminary Report

    The Provider-Based Evaluation (ProBE) 2014 Preliminary Report I. Background of ProBE 2014 The Provider-Based Evaluation (ProBE), continuation of the formerly known Malaysia Government Portals and Websites Assessment (MGPWA), has been concluded for the assessment year of 2014. As mandated by the Government of Malaysia via the Flagship Coordination Committee (FCC) Meeting chaired by the Secretary General of Malaysia, MDeC hereby announces the result of ProBE 2014. Effective Date and Implementation The assessment year for ProBE 2014 has commenced on the 1 st of July 2014 following the announcement of the criteria and its methodology to all agencies. A total of 1086 Government websites from twenty four Ministries and thirteen states were identified for assessment. Methodology In line with the continuous and heightened effort from the Government to enhance delivery of services to the citizens, significant advancements were introduced to the criteria and methodology of assessment for ProBE 2014 exercise. The year 2014 spearheaded the introduction and implementation of self-assessment methodology where all agencies were required to assess their own websites based on the prescribed ProBE criteria. The key features of the methodology are as follows: ● Agencies are required to conduct assessment of their respective websites throughout the year; ● Parents agencies played a vital role in monitoring as well as approving their agencies to be able to conduct the self-assessment; ● During the self-assessment process, each agency is required to record